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> In that spirit, we have updated the above FAQ to read as follows: [...] After all, we developed the GNU GPL to make software free for all its users. After a
by neilv 3y ago
> In that spirit, we have updated the above FAQ to read as follows: [...] After all, we developed the GNU GPL to make software free for all its users.
After a particular small piece of the FSF's language was under close legal scrutiny, did they double-down on their use of "free" in the same piece?
Besides the confusion of "free" in promotions of their idea, isn't there now a new problem? "Your honor, I'm glad you asked that; by 'free' here, we mean something different than what everyone else has long meant in this context. ... Yes, we agree that it's confusing, but the confusion isn't a bug, but a feature: it's an opportunity to engage in dialogue, to explain that we mean something different than the normal reasonable person's interpretation of the plain language of what we said."