>When a person or company makes use of a legal process to restrict someone's freedom, I think it's fair to blame both the law and the person using it They are

>When a person or company makes use of a legal process to restrict someone's freedom, I think it's fair to blame both the law and the person using it They are not. You are still pretending things are backwards. They are not doing anything to you, they are simply not giving you privileges. >You don't get a free pass on unethical actions You have not made an argument to support the notion that "selling software" is an unethical action. >If I purchase a computer, I own it and can do whatever I want with it. If I buy a MacBook Pro, I can legitimately open it up, modify it, replace components, modify the installed operating system or software, etc., etc. I can also share photographs, schematics, disassemblies, and anything else I want to document this process. It's my computer. None of that is even remotely relevant. You are free to do those things. They have nothing to do with BSD licensed software. It is hard to see your red herrings get further and further from any sense of relevancy and still believe you are not being deliberately dishonest. >I do think it would be preferable to simply repeal "intellectual property" laws rather than have to try to use things like the GPL to work around them The GPL does not work around them. The GPL requires copyright law to achieve its impositions. Without copyright law, people would simply not give you the source and there would be nothing you could do about it.