Re:China to Set Up ‘Security Offices’ Inside Internet Companies
by dmihal on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @12:01PM
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I'm confused, what does GPL have to do with China's restrictions on the internet?
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Re:China to Set Up ‘Security Offices’ Inside Internet Companies
by codeshaman on Wednesday August 05, 2015 @01:10PM
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Well, it doesn't, but then deep down, it does :).
The point I was trying to make is that GPL and free software in general is the manifestation of a deeper idealistic dream - a society in which collaboration and sharing makes people free and everyone wins.
Free to make their own choices, to do what they want, free from any form of control.
That dream is what created most of the Internet, but now it's being hijacked by people who've contributed nothing... And that is the sad part.