Re:RethinkDB Relicensed under Apache 2.0
by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @04:40PM
(#13593091)
> Take a step back and ask yourself, what is the goal of the FSF?
> Free. Software.
The name suggests that, but the substance of their advocacy and actions suggests something slightly different; their goal is not to promote Free software, instead, it is to fight against non-Free software.
Which is why they generally argue that licenses which they recognize as Free but which allow non-Free derivatives are dangerous: more Free software is not their goal, less non-Free software is the goal.
> Free. Software.
The name suggests that, but the substance of their advocacy and actions suggests something slightly different; their goal is not to promote Free software, instead, it is to fight against non-Free software.
Which is why they generally argue that licenses which they recognize as Free but which allow non-Free derivatives are dangerous: more Free software is not their goal, less non-Free software is the goal.