By taking them away from the developer and putting them under auspices of the FSF. I would never write a single line of code with a gun to my head and that is what the GPL does.
You got it the wrong way around Richard. On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 08:57:39AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary > Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. > > Where the GPL is temporary safety in trade of Essential Liberty. > > The GPL protects the four essential liberties for every user. > That's the whole point of it. Non-copyleft licenses permit > non-free copies and non-free versions, which deny users the > essential freedoms. The GPL does not. > > In haiku form: > > Using GPL > Is encroaching on our rights > To encroach on yours
