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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by devnonymous on Thursday November 28, 2019 @06:50AM (#21656508)
> Because reasonable people already know how /letting people use/modify/redistribute modifications is good for software/ and don't need a /license/ to tell them. I've never seen a case where a /copyleft license/ improved software.

Don't you see the absurdity of the argument ?

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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by dbdjfjrjvebd on Thursday November 28, 2019 @03:57PM (#21660133)
If we didn't have copyright law then your comparison would make sense.
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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by devnonymous on Saturday November 30, 2019 @06:43PM (#21672786)
... And if people were truly reasonable then your original statement would make sense.
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Re:RMS: GitHub has done terrible harm to our community by dbdjfjrjvebd on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:35AM (#21680312)
People don't have a legal duty to act unreasonably. In your analogy they would...
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