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It's designed to maximize freedom overall, not freedom for one individual. There's some tension between those two goals. I think it's basically the software eq
by rpdillon 4y ago
It's designed to maximize freedom overall, not freedom for one individual. There's some tension between those two goals.
I think it's basically the software equivalent of the Paradox of Tolerance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
- josephcsible 4y agoThe AGPL maximizes both freedom overall and freedom for one individual, so there is no actual tension or equivalence with the paradox of tolerance. The key misunderstanding here is the belief that being able to keep other people from doing things is freedom. That's actually power, and that's all that copyleft licenses take away. See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.en.html for more details.