From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
Subject: Re: ee9, the GNU Ada KDF9 emulator, now on Raspberry Pi
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 11:34:55 +0200
Date: 2012-10-06T11:34:55+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k3v4gczk.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87pq4ygfn1.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org
Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org> writes:
> Fritz Wuehler wrote on comp.lang.ada
>> you can't have both. Either it's "free software" or it's GPL.
>
> GPL software is not free to become non-free :)
>
> Rather: you are not free to make GPL software proprietary.
In a nutshell: your freedom (to examine, copy, modify and distribute
software) stops where the freedom of the next person (to also examine,
copy, modify and distribute the same software) starts. Therefore you do
not have the freedom to restrict other people's freedom.
--
Ludovic Brenta.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-11 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-03 6:26 ee9, the GNU Ada KDF9 emulator, now on Raspberry Pi Bill Findlay
2012-10-04 18:55 ` Fritz Wuehler
2012-10-04 19:24 ` Bill Findlay
2012-10-04 20:13 ` Ludovic Brenta
2012-10-06 9:34 ` Ludovic Brenta [this message]
2012-10-06 4:39 ` "free software" vs GPL Stephen Leake
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