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kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes:
>  > > -  As long as you give these rights to others, you can distribute (f
>  > >    profit or for free) the modifications and/or derivative versions 
>  > >    others
>  > 
>  > I can do all those with PD Emacs.
> 
> The question is not whether you can, but rather WILL you
> distribute it that way.

Surely that is my decision.  If you don't like the way I'm doing it,
you can do it a different way.  Let the users choose.

> Why leave freedom up to chance?

Because that way people have a choice.

> The basic argument seems to be whether one thinks derivative work
> deserve the same protection of freedom as the original.  The FSF
> seems to think that derivative works do deserve this protection
> (I DON'T speak for the FSF, mind you), mathew seems to think that
> they don't.

No, it's whether one thinks derivative work MUST HAVE the same protection
of "freedom" as the original.  The FSF thinks derivative works MUST be
subject to the same conditions as the originals; I don't.  I think people
should be given the choice.


mathew

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