Picking a license

[Ed Keith]

--- On Mon, 5/10/10, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote:

> So I object to muddying the issue by misrepresenting the
> source of that
> force. Whatever force there is in copyright comes from law,
> not any free
> software license.


You are the one muddying the waters. It does not mater whether you break my kneecaps, or hire someone else to break my kneecaps, either way my kneecaps are broken. 

You can use any license you want, but the simple fact is that if there are fewer restrictions in the license then the user has more freedom in how he uses the licensed code. If there are more restrictions he/she has less freedom in how he/she uses the licensed code. We can debate which is better (whether a man should be free to sell himself into slavery) but to claim that putting more restrictions on someone give them more freedom is pure Orwellian double speak. 

Sophistry is the last resort of those who have run out of good arguments. The more you engage in it the weaker you make your position.

This thread is generating more heat than light, and probably should be dropped.

   -EdK

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