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Re:The GNU Kind Communication Guidelines Are Bad for Free So... by emacsen on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:03PM (#18333741)
The idea that there is this "heavy handedness" is a bit silly when the entire GPL is based on the idea that we impose limits on developers.

I don't have the exact quote but he's written that the reciprocal nature of the GPL only effect people who want to do bad things. That's how I feel about Codes of Conduct.

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Re:The GNU Kind Communication Guidelines Are Bad for Free So... by thomastjeffery on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:55PM (#18333921)
The only thing the GPL imposes is to disallow developers from imposing limits on users.

The freedom that the GPL protects is singular and explicit.

Codes of conduct are not similar in these aspects. They each define a unique list of "user protections" that chill speech.

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