FSF Counsel's Take on SCO

Am 01. Aug, 2003 schw=E4tzte Jeremy C. Reed so:

> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, der.hans wrote:
>
> > It is an example of how the *BSD license isn't as free as the GPL since=
it
> > doesn't protect your freedoms. If this had been software under the *BSD
> > license there would be no way to prevent the binary-only license gambit=
=2E
>
> Or you could say that: this is an example of how the GPL isn't as free as
> the BSD license since it doesn't protect your freedoms. If this had been
> software under the GPL license there would be no way to allow binary only=
=2E

GPL is about Freedom from the user's perspective. Binary only is not Free
from the user's perspective.

Freedom of Speech for some does us no good. *Everyone* has to have Freedom
of Speech.

I see your point, but I don't agree that it's a representation of freedom.

ciao,

der.hans
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