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GPL depends on copyright, so you'd be eliminating enforceability of that too.
by nilsbunger 14y ago
GPL depends on copyright, so you'd be eliminating enforceability of that too.
- JoshTriplett 14y agoSo be it; if we got rid of copyright and lost copyleft in the process, I'd consider that a net win. The Free Software Foundation has said on several occasions that they feel the same way.
- crdoconnor 14y agoGPL was really just an attempt to use copyright against itself anyway.
- scott_w 14y agoI think the key thing to note is that it would be less necessary, since there would be no legal means to prevent you taking apart a compiled binary, working out how to improve it, and sharing those improvements.