While obviously colored memory , the standpoint was very pragmatic: http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html

While obviously colored memory , the standpoint was very pragmatic: http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/ch01.html Next to that: I would only call it ideological if it was for some higher, intangible value in a future yet to discover. But I find the purpose of the GPL from inception until now only pragmatic.