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It's frankly ridiculous to suggest the GNU philosophy is "disingenuous". The issues that motivated "free as in freedom" go back decades [0]. It was not some "di
by defgeneric 6y ago
It's frankly ridiculous to suggest the GNU philosophy is "disingenuous". The issues that motivated "free as in freedom" go back decades [0]. It was not some "disingenuous" attempt at "reducing the market value of software to zero". Not at all.
[0] https://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html https://www.gnu.org/gnu/initial-announcement.html
- Rexxar 6y agoI don't see why something "going back decades" can be an argument on the validity of a philosophy.
- nickelcitymario 6y agoAlthough I agree that their purpose wasn't to reduce the market value of software to zero, it is the effect. That's why it's disingenuous to me. It's an attempt to route around an obvious truth: if you allow someone to distribute your software freely, you've set its market value to zero. Not sure how you can disagree with this. You haven't offered any counterargument to that.