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For some people the fundamental problem with the GPL is that it is entirely dependent on the political structure that they believe to be flawed. If you are for
by dnautics 6y ago
For some people the fundamental problem with the GPL is that it is entirely dependent on the political structure that they believe to be flawed. If you are for copyright abolishment, using the GPL is cynical at best, hypocritical at worst.
- throwaway50203 6y ago> GPL is cynical at best, hypocritical at worst It's not different from soldiers taking weapons from the enemy they are fighting. A pretty common tactic. Fighting fire with fire. Where's the hypocrisy?
- dnautics 6y agoSure, but in war there is at least an exit plan (a way for eventually not having to kill anymore), even if it's shitty and ill-planned. If you are in software freedom for the purposes of abolition and you pick the GPL, you are allying yourself with people who NEVER want to give up copyright, because it lets them "exert control" over the end user, e.g. corporations, so your ally has a very strong real vested interest against what you take as a desired end goal. What does the endgame look like for an abolitionist?