Copyright, copyleft, and culture
Copyright, copyleft, and culture
[Front] Posted Jul 13, 2011 18:42 UTC (Wed) by jake
Nina Paley has certainly stirred things up with her recent "rantifesto" on free culture and free software. It has spawned numerous responses on various blogs, both from supporters and those who disagree with her contention that the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is being hypocritical in its licensing of its web pages and other non-software works. For some people it is a bit galling to see an organization that is set up to ensure the right to create and distribute derivative works (subject to some conditions, of course) of software, be so steadfast in its refusal to apply those same freedoms to text and other works. Subscribers can click below for a look at Paley's posting from this week's edition.