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That's why this rhetoric is dishonest. It's the use of this specialist meaning of the word freedom in a way which is opposite to it's conventional meaning. If
by gress 13y ago
That's why this rhetoric is dishonest. It's the use of this specialist meaning of the word freedom in a way which is opposite to it's conventional meaning.
If you stop using this misleading word, the whole GPL thing looks more reasonable, but also less like a moral crusade.
- superuser2 13y agoNot really. Freedom to modify your software is a kind of freedom which cannot exist when you are exercising your freedom to use proprietary software. Like many things in our world, it's a tradeoff.
- gress 13y agoThis is doublespeak. You are conflating the words freedom and choice.