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Our foreparents of FOSS (e.g. RMS) fought to destroy copyright. Copyleft was a subversive mechanism to "neutralize" copyright using the laws of copyright again
by Ferret7446 8mo ago
Our foreparents of FOSS (e.g. RMS) fought to destroy copyright. Copyleft was a subversive mechanism to "neutralize" copyright using the laws of copyright against itself.
Hypothetically, I think this trail of suggestion of treating specs as intellectual property would simply destroy copyright for software, which is what we (the people who believe in FOSS) want. There is already case law protecting specs (e.g. Java)
- pabs3 8mo agoRMS fought for user freedom, not to destroy copyright. Copyleft wasn't to neutralize copyright, but to ensure user freedom for downstream users.