Jorgen Grahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The logic, i think, is that the freedom of the code is the key to > > the freedom of the end-users: applying the GPL to your code means > > that other programmers will be forced to apply to to their code, > > which means that users of that code will get the benefits of open > > source. > > ... which implies that one believes that every end-user has the > potential to become a hacker.
To become, or *independently engage another person as* a hacker without necessary further contact with the copyright holder. The same freedom you get with, e.g., any complicated machine. You can open it up yourself, or you can persuade a third party to do so, without the necessity to get the maker involved. It's not necessary for every single user of such machines to become hackers of those machines; they still all get the benefit of the freedom for anyone they choose to hack on it. -- \ "I have a map of the United States; it's actual size. It says | `\ '1 mile equals 1 mile'... Last summer, I folded it." -- Steven | _o__) Wright | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
