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There are limits on what is enforcable in a contract. Like, you cannot enslave yourself. It is true that that limits freedoms in some sense. But it serves to pr
by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y ago
There are limits on what is enforcable in a contract. Like, you cannot enslave yourself. It is true that that limits freedoms in some sense. But it serves to protect freedoms that society at large deems more important.
- afarrell 9y agoThere is indeed a set of contracts with the property that banning them makes people more free. This set is non-empty. But the argument still needs to be made that proprietary software licences are part of that set.
- zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC 9y agoSure, but (a) RMS actually does make that argument and (b) he AFAIK doesn't actually call for making proprietary software illegal, but just tries to convince people to not produce, endorse, or use it.
- afarrell 9y agoAh, then someone should reply to the top-level comment with a link to where RMS makes that argument.
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