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My claim is that my characterization of how Stallman thinks about this is an accurate characterization of how he thinks about this. > It is "immoral" to releas
by cxr 3y ago
My claim is that my characterization of how Stallman thinks about this is an accurate characterization of how he thinks about this.
> It is "immoral" to release your code under a permissive license
That doesn't jibe with the FSF philosophy at all. I get the feeling that I'm interacting with someone who "knows" more about the FSF and Stallman based on what they've heard or imagined rather than actually reading what either Stallman or FSF have to say.
Permissive licenses like the X11 license are free software licenses and have the FSF's (and Stallman's) approval.
- saagarjha 3y agoI called Stallman's point a cop out, so I quite frankly do not care very much about his position here, because I think it explicitly goes against what he espouses elsewhere.
- cxr 3y agoI think the real cop-out is wading into a discussion with a comment purporting to explain/address a public figure's "point", and then when it is explained that you haven't portrayed it accurately, declaring you don't actually care about what their position is.