• nbailey@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    Sadly, there’s an entire generation of libertarian anti-GPL “open source” developers that think the preservation of free software goes too far.

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      2 years ago

      … What? I may be dumb. I don’t see how libertarianism is compatible with being anti FOSS.

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        2 years ago

        The idea is that for code to truly be free, you should be able to make it proprietary. If you can’t do that, then it isn’t really free. That’s how I understand the idea anyway

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          2 years ago

          But that’s not being anti, just accepting the possibility of it. Like i consider myself a libertarian and if you wanna make it close source, ok, I may dislike it but I won’t regulate against it. But being anti would imply I would go out of my way to censor your ability to do close source.

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            2 years ago

            It’s a GPL license thing. If you make a derivative work of GPL code, you’re NOT free to do what you want with it. This is where the 'anti come from.

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              2 years ago

              There are two parts to this. On one side, you have the “please follow the GPL if you’re using GPL code” – which is really just asking someone to honor a contract, more or less.

              Then you have people like RMS, who believe that there should not be such a thing as proprietary software. They don’t care if you aren’t using the GPL – no software should be proprietary, period.

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                2 years ago

                I admire that RMS has a vision for the world and fights for it. World needs more people like this.

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              2 years ago

              Ah. Well I’m pro theft so just use it and close it if you want and pray for the best! Hide the evidence to not get sued.

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                2 years ago

                This happens from time to time. The offending party either removes the GPL code or they GPL the work. That’s life ;)