> your code is now used to take away users freedom No it's not. My code is still available to any who want it. Other modifications made to my code may not be

> your code is now used to take away users freedom No it's not. My code is still available to any who want it. Other modifications made to my code may not be free, but that isn't my code, so your statement is incorrect. Sounds like you're contorting the perspective. What's ridiculous is that you're presupposing that I don't care about "perpetual freedom." But I do---that's why I released the code into the public domain. What you seem to be talking about is something quite a bit different. I guess it's, "perpetual freedom of my code and any other modifications distributed by others." But that doesn't sound as good, now does it? Your phrasing makes it look like I'm so ogre, which is why it's ridiculous and why it's misleading. Your phrasing is also convenient to certain philosophical leanings among programmers, which potentially makes it disingenuous.