Article:		Why Human Rights Requires Free Software
Subject:		Brett, your objection is pointless
Date:		2002-10-12 17:50:13
From:		adamsj
Response to: Human rights require truly free software, not the FSF's "Free" (Not!) software
Your objection is to the use of the GPL in commercial software. Andy Oram's entire article is about non-commercial software for human rights workers. Thus, your objection is pointless. Further, every license restricts the rights of those who accept it. For this reason, your final sentence (which finally gets around to the issue at hand) does not reach a valid conclusion.

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• Brett, your objection is pointless
  2007-08-09 02:41:37  crosbie [Reply | View]
  
  
  Well, the GPL does a very good job of restoring most of the licensee's right to liberty (otherwise suspended by copyright and patent) even if the obligation to publish source with binaries does interfere with the licensee's right to privacy.
  
  The GPL is almost a completely rights restoring licence.

• The above is dead wrong.
  2002-10-13 00:03:46  brettglass [Reply | View]
  
  
  You write:
  
  >Your objection is to the use of the GPL in commercial software.
  
  Not so at all. I object to the promotion or use of the GPL in ANY context, but PARTICULARLY in cases where it could impact the economic development of nations. The GPL strips humans of the fundamental right to earn a living by improving technology. That's unacceptable.