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This is why RMS describes the GPL as a "judo throw" - the stronger you interpret copyright to be, the stronger the GPL is. The more conservatively you interpret
by atomicnumber3 3y ago
This is why RMS describes the GPL as a "judo throw" - the stronger you interpret copyright to be, the stronger the GPL is. The more conservatively you interpret copyright to be, well, that's what RMS ultimately wants - the reduction and elimination of copyright law and for information to be free.
- rcxdude 3y agoWell, eliminating copyright would also remove the copyleft portions of the GPL, which are also aimed at user freedom. I would say just removing copyright would not achieve the professed goals of the FSF: without the requirement to provide source code to users, user freedom is still constrained through that imbalance in power, even if they are free to modify and distribute the binaries they have however they wish.