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Would software be more or less free in a world without copyright? I argue more free. EULAs and restrictions on how+for what software can be used, like DRM, typ
by ball_of_lint 7mo ago
Would software be more or less free in a world without copyright?
I argue more free. EULAs and restrictions on how+for what software can be used, like DRM, typically use copyright as their legal backing. GPL licenses turn that on it's head but that doesn't redeem the original, flawed, law.
This seems to follow the letter but not the spirit of the license. If this does pass legal muster, we can do the same to whatever proprietary software we wish, which makes a dramatically different but IMO better ecosystem in the end.
- duskdozer 7mo agoIt will be disproportionately hard to do it to proprietary software though. The imbalance of power is sort of what the GPL was there for