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> besides people who wanted to write non-free software? Would there be any negative consequences besides the negative consequences? No, I guess not. Lots of p
by ajkjk 5y ago
> besides people who wanted to write non-free software?
Would there be any negative consequences besides the negative consequences? No, I guess not.
Lots of people want to write non-free software, for instance for their jobs or businesses or hobbies.
- josephcsible 5y agoBut users can do even less with non-free software than they can with copyleft software, so calling the latter "tyranny" while simultaneously being okay with the former makes no sense at all.
- ajkjk 5y agoIt really doesn't. You're pretending like non-free software has no value and that's clearly nonsense. There's no argument with that pretense because it has no bearing in reality.
- josephcsible 5y ago> You're pretending like non-free software has no value I'm not saying it has no value or that it should all go away. I'm saying that its value doesn't come from being non-free, so it would be better if it had to be free instead.
- chrismsimpson 5y agoBlah, blah. Straw man, straw man. Typical HN comment. Copyleft is religious zealotry I can do without.