Re:Misuse of Creative Commons-licensed photo leads to public...
by detaro on Saturday July 16, 2016 @04:14PM
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Where does Richard Stallman endorse not enforcing the GPL or other open-source licenses?
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Re:Misuse of Creative Commons-licensed photo leads to public...
by gaur on Saturday July 16, 2016 @04:17PM
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I did not make that claim.
Re:Misuse of Creative Commons-licensed photo leads to public...
by detaro on Saturday July 16, 2016 @04:23PM
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You claim that enforcing open licenses, designed to make it easier to use, modify and share works for general benefit is more big-bad business than Stallmans perspective. But Stallman is generally a vocal supporter of such licenses, so if he supports their enforcement he is just as bad?
Both CC and open-source software use the framework of existing copyright law to guarantee a "fair" use of works, with only few restrictions. Not without any restrictions.
I maybe should not have responded with this provocative question, but to me both movements use very similar tools for similar purposes.
Re:Misuse of Creative Commons-licensed photo leads to public...
by cooper12 on Saturday July 16, 2016 @09:30PM
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> Both CC and open-source software use the framework of existing copyright law to guarantee a "fair" use of works, with only few restrictions. Not without any restrictions.
You said it much better than I ever could :). And that's why I used the comparison to the GPL, especially since that has a history of the FSF going to court over violations.