The "spirit of free software" and the GPL
The "spirit of free software" and the GPL
Posted May 1, 2003 8:48 UTC (Thu) by ronaldcole (guest, #1462)In reply to: The Linux kernel and digital rights management by proski
Parent article: The Linux kernel and digital rights management
I've harped on this for many years... The GPL just does not embody the "spirit" of Stallman's Manifesto. I've pointed out to him that the freedom to give away the software is only half-implementing the Manifesto "spec". In order for software to be freely available, like air, you need to be able to ask for it and get it. But Stallman doesn't want to turn free software developers into distributors. And now it's no surprise that DRM seeks to exploit that very hole in the GPL.