Comments on: GNU GPL: Free as in herpes. http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/ ...so google can organize my head. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: bbum http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-49831 bbum Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:54:20 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-49831 Almost as much fun as reinventing a GPL'd wheel under a free license... Almost as much fun as reinventing a GPL’d wheel under a free license…

]]> By: Don Lapre Lover http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-49809 Don Lapre Lover Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:39:38 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-49809 Reinventing the wheel under GNU/GPL license is something fun :) Don Lapre Lover laura@lauraglydaband.com Reinventing the wheel under GNU/GPL license is something fun :)

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]]> By: horacio http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-44911 horacio Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:15:48 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-44911 <i>Why did RMS decide that “license” and “political manifesto” should be synonymous? </i> It's his license. He tried forge a community the way he wanted. He can decide to be as political as he wants. The guy is more interested in freedom in software then in software itself. The GPL is a political manifesto, it's a declaration of user rights. The GPL is not about developers, it's about users. While the BSD license, or public domain, gives more freedom to a particular user, the GPL ensures the most freedom for all its users. The two concepts are not independent. The GPL takes some of your freedom and gives it to the user, you can't have the freedom to close other peoples code if we want everybody to use the software as they want. Of course, you can always choose not to develop GPLed code, we'll see which community is bigger, the ones that want freedom for developers, or the ones that want it for users. I think the GPL is winning, but I might be wrong. Why did RMS decide that “license” and “political manifesto” should be synonymous?

It’s his license. He tried forge a community the way he wanted. He can decide to be as political as he wants.
The guy is more interested in freedom in software then in software itself. The GPL is a political manifesto, it’s a declaration of user rights.

The GPL is not about developers, it’s about users. While the BSD license, or public domain, gives more freedom to a particular user, the GPL ensures the most freedom for all its users.

The two concepts are not independent. The GPL takes some of your freedom and gives it to the user, you can’t have the freedom to close other peoples code if we want everybody to use the software as they want.

Of course, you can always choose not to develop GPLed code, we’ll see which community is bigger, the ones that want freedom for developers, or the ones that want it for users. I think the GPL is winning, but I might be wrong.

]]> By: Huh? http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-44699 Huh? Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:11:19 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-44699 ivan: what does this have to do with the article? Goto the debian forums or post on the mailing lists or something. WTF? ivan: what does this have to do with the article? Goto the debian forums or post on the mailing lists or something. WTF?

]]> By: ivan http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-42335 ivan Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:11:43 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2004/03/04/gnu-gpl-free-as-in-herpes/#comment-42335 Hi! I've selected Ubuntu for my desktops (home network), but I'm still shopping for a Server OS (Ubuntu is still missing somewhat in that area). I would like to use Debian stable (when sarge hits the net), and I saw talks that they will introduce a fixed release cycle like Ubuntu (but 12-18 months). Can anyone confirm if there is already a decision on that? I dread installing something that is nog going to be updated another 3 years :) Thanx for any help) [Ed: "Ivan" was a spamming asshole trying to get you to click through to his stupid cell phone deals site. Link removed. Comment remains as an example of the depths of swampitude these asshats will stoop.] Hi! I’ve selected Ubuntu for my desktops (home network), but I’m still shopping for a Server OS (Ubuntu is still missing somewhat in that area).
I would like to use Debian stable (when sarge hits the net), and I saw talks that they will introduce a fixed release cycle like Ubuntu (but 12-18 months).
Can anyone confirm if there is already a decision on that? I dread installing something that is nog going to be updated another 3 years :)
Thanx for any help)

[Ed: "Ivan" was a spamming asshole trying to get you to click through to his stupid cell phone deals site. Link removed. Comment remains as an example of the depths of swampitude these asshats will stoop.]

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