Rod.. Whitworth wrote: > It says "Yes, companies could voluntarily cooperate without a > license forcing them to. The *BSDs try to depend on this. But it > today's cutthroat market, that's more like the "Prisoner's > Dilemma". In the dilemma, it's better to cooperate; but since > the other guy might choose to not cooperate, and exploit your > naivete, you may choose to not cooperate. A way out of this > dilemma is to create a situation where you must cooperate, and > the GPL does that." > > Look at the last line. MUST. Must != Freedom.
In my world freedom is something you have to fight for, otherwise it gets taken away. Putting a limit on your freedoms is a good thing. For example freedom is most defined as `the freedom to do whatever you wish as long as it does not hurt somebody else,' well that last part `as long as it does not hurt anybody else' is what the GPL is about. In your definition of freedom you'd have the freedom to hurt somebody else. # Han
