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I humbly contend that forcing people to do anything in the name of an preserving the purity of an ideology is a Bad Idea.
by GHFigs 13y ago
I humbly contend that forcing people to do anything in the name of an preserving the purity of an ideology is a Bad Idea.
- delinka 13y agoNot to mention, you can't really force them to do anything: they'll just avoid the GPL code, create it themselves, or find something similar under another license.
- edoloughlin 13y agoAuthors are giving their work away, subject to restrictions of their choosing. There's no coercion involved.
- GHFigs 13y agoI'm responding to the idea that ideological purity is the goal, not the author's right.
- wnight 13y agoIsn't it amazing how people come out of the woodwork to point out the force inherent in the GPL never say "oh, by the way, thanks for publishing a reference spec I'm free to use to develop my own code." As Thomas said, people would be less bitchy, and less holier-than-thou (cough), had Moxie not written any code, or written it and charged an arm and a leg for it. It's sort of what patio11 talks about. The cheaper the service, the worse the people treat you.
- GHFigs 13y agoI didn't say anything about Moxie.