linux-kernel - Re: GPL version 4

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Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:51:05 -0700
From:	Chad Perrin <perrin@...theon.com>
To:	Richard M Stallman <rms@....org>
Cc:	Mark Kirkwood <markir@...adise.net.nz>, miod@...ine.fr,
	ubuntu-users@...ts.ubuntu.com, misc@...nbsd.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, licensing@....org,
	fedora-list@...hat.com, announce@...europe.org,
	netbsd-users@...bsd.org, mharrow@...uxmail.org,
	claire.newman@...onical.com, freebsd-questions@...ebsd.org
Subject: Re: GPL version 4

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:38:35AM -0500, Richard M Stallman wrote:
>     I don't think it is that bad - the intent is for the software to be 
>     freely available for *people* to use. It is actually about our freedom.
> 
> You have it right.  Copyleft licenses defend freedom for all users by
> stopping middlemen from stripping it away.

Please don't spam the FreeBSD list with such propaganda.  That's a
personal request -- I don't pretend to speak for the entire list.

-- 
Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Naguib Mahfouz: "You can tell whether a man is clever by his
answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

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