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Slashdot | Theo de Raadt On Relicensing BSD Code
Brings up some interesting points about copyright law in the USA and the world.
Slashdot | Theo de Raadt On Relicensing BSD Code
Brings up some interesting points about copyright law in the USA and the world.
/. Comment: Re:Ethics? Yes. (#1)
A slashdotter comments on the "coincidence" that, just as a healthy free market drives profits to zero, the GPL also drives profits to zero.
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/. Comment: Re:Ethics? Yes. (#2)
The same slashdotter explains that guaranteed profits are alien to a free market. "The market is efficient because it forces people to work, not because it lets you have a free ride like some Soviet Party Cadre."
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Supporting Open Source While Opposing Copyright | QuestionCopyright.org
'Supporting Open Source While Opposing Copyright' is a response to Greg Bulmash's piece where he stated that " You Can't Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source". The author thinks there were a number of flaws and mistaken assumptions in Bulmash's reason
Slashdot | You Can't Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source
The argument is that without copyright granting an author the right to set licensing terms for his/her work, the GPL could not be enforced.