On Wednesday 05 Jan 2011, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 13:44 +0530, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote:
You may agree or disagree with that viewpoint but you cannot question its validity.
I can and will - it is against freedom and it is treating software as a commodity to be rationed out to only those who accept restrictions.
"against freedom"? That's like saying that a law preventing me from chaining you up is against my freedom to chain people up! Preventing people from creating restrictions is not a restriction, except in a very twisted world view.
Anyway, I'm not getting into a mindless GPL vs BSD debate here. I personally believe that a freedom extends only as far as it doesn't impact on another freedom, and the the GPL is the best way to preserve the freedom and openness of software. You are welcome to disagree as long and as loud as you wish, I'm done.
Regards,
-- Raj