Re: GPL and NDAs

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From: Jeffrey B. Siegal
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:00

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Barry Margolin wrote:
> If you think about the goal of the FSF, this point of view is
> understandable.  The purpose is to increase the amount of free software
> available to end users.

Another explicit purpose of Free Software and the GPL is to protect the right
people have to share software, and generally to shift the focus of software
development away from restricting copying and distribution.  What difference
does it make if the right to share is blocked by a software license or an
employment agreement/relationship?  None at all.

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