Freedom or Copyright? - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Alfred M. Szmidt
ams at gnu.org
Fri Feb 8 22:10:56 UTC 2008
> Generally speaking I share Richard Stallman's opinion, but I'm
> not sure whether Copyright was a good idea. But you can't alter
> the past and now it's time to abolish such laws, because they
> inhibit a more effective production by factitious stringency and
> therefore allow everyone to take part in cultural development.
If copyright is abolished, then there's no more GPL. What about
that?
One should introduce a new law that respects the rights of all users
instead. Copyright does not do this without some hackery (e.g. the
GPL).
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