On Thu, 2007-11-22 at 15:24 +0000, Sam Liddicott wrote:
* simo wrote, On 22/11/07 15:11:
Ciaran, you fell in Mj Ray's trap with both feet.
You are confusing restrictions with requirements.
GPLv3 added new requirements not new restrictions from my POV.
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.
With this meaning of "user" (as it pertains to the point of view of
the GPL) _one_ of the users freedoms is to distribute, or therefore a
distributor is a user in that sense.
This is your interpretation which I reject. Even for copyright law use
and distribution are 2 different things. When you say *use* in the
context of a license you have to use the copyright meaning not the
everyday meaning, as every day meaning is broad and general.
Funny, I used the philosophical GPL meaning, as you seemed to indicate
you were: