Picking a license

Lawrence D'Oliveiro ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand
Fri May 14 07:12:37 EDT 2010


In message <2ff3643b-6ef1-4471-8438-
dcba0dc93c24 at a21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Patrick Maupin wrote:

> On May 13, 10:04 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro
> <ldo at geek-central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
>
>> In message <mailman.142.1273767256.32709.python-l... at python.org>, Ed
>> Keith wrote:
>>
>>> The claim is being made that [the GPL] restricts freedom.
>>
>> What about the “freedom” to restrict other people’s freedom? Should that
>> be restricted or not?
> 
> It's interesting that some people don't like the comparison of the
> Free Software movement to a religion, yet the main argument of the
> movement, and the deliberate co-opting of words like "Free" and "Free
> Software" ...

Haven’t you “co-opted” those words yourself?



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