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> Proprietary software is not by definition "user-hostile," Yes, it is: by definition it violates one of the Four Freedoms of users … which is hostile.
by zeveb 10y ago
> Proprietary software is not by definition "user-hostile,"
Yes, it is: by definition it violates one of the Four Freedoms of users … which is hostile.
- morgante 10y agoJust because your chosen religion says something is evil doesn't make it so. You're speaking tautologically.
- astrodust 10y agoLet's apply the Ferrengi Rules of Acquisition or Sun Tzu's Art of War to software licenses! The Four Freedoms are just someone's opinion, not some tangible fact.
- tbrownaw 10y agoI disagree. Most of those are things that most users don't give a damn about in most cases (because they're meaningless unless you have certain unusual skills), which means they don't make for a sensible definition of "hostile".
- belorn 10y agoDo pirate bay support your statement or proof that it is wrong? Maybe it just that "most users don't give a damn" about copyright, and as such don't care if what they do is legal or illegal with current copyright laws. In order to care about copyright licenses, first users need to care about what happens when they don't follow it.
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- PopsiclePete 10y agoI can see why you're sometimes labeled as "fanatics" and "zealots". You speak in religious-like absolute terms and use circular logic to "prove" you're correct. The GPL's biggest enemy are its most ardent supporters. Truly.