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Darren New escreveu:
> Tim Cook wrote:
>> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>>> Those "DRM-like measures" don't take away the freedoms of anyone
>>> anymore than current GPL: people wanting it for proprietary projects
>>> without source code sharing are still out, as they've always been.
>>
>> Any additional condition on something takes away more freedom.
>
> It's taking away *your* freedom to give more freedom to someone else.
> Just like every freedom does.
The GPL is not there to take away freedom to use and modify the software
from anyone. It's stated like it is exactly *to ensure* no one is
allowed to take away such freedom. It does that by requiring you to
share the source for the modifications and put it under the GPL as well
if you release the modified software. So yes, it is a viral license in
this sense. But it's not like an HIV virus, more like a retrovirus
carrying vaccines into an ill organism... :)
If you want a completely permissive and unrestricted license where
anyone can use the code for any purpose, even bettering upon it and not
disclosing the modifications and releasing it under some big hype
machine until the original open-source project/code looses all interest
to most people, then BSD or public domain is the way to go.
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