simo simo.sorce@xsec.it wrote:
Of course any requirements can be spelt as a restriction from the point of view of the distributor, but the point of view of the GPL is to protect *user*'s freedom not distributors freedom.
User and distributor are not two distinct or identical groups with free software.
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Mj Ray is playing rhetorical tricks here. Nothing more effective that someone bitter that try to find faults at all costs and is confrontational.
Simo is playing the man, not the ball here.
But then, I am a bit bitter that FSF's hypocrisy in updating their basic texts to match their leaders' actions isn't more widely-known when me and my projects get such a bad press from FSF supporters. What long-time supporter wouldn't get a bit fed up with the original proponent endlessly rewriting its own core beliefs? How can we build stable shared alliances if the common ground keeps getting moved without agreement?
I don't mean to be confrontational, but sometimes I'm at a loss of any other way to highlight FSF use of tactics like lock-out, ret-con, hair-splitting, and so on.
Hope that explains,