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Re:Richard Stallman on Bill Gates: "It's not the Gates, it's... by krschultz on Friday July 04, 2008 @08:52AM (#236179)
No, the issue for Stallman is for the software to be open and stay open. There are many places where the GPL put limitations on what YOU CAN DO with the software. His whole "rights for the people" is a side effect of "rights for the software". By free he means the SOFTWARE is free, not the people using it are free to do what they want. There is a reason the BSD people complain like hell about GNU and the GPL. In my view, the BSD is 'free' software i.e. you can do what you want with it, and the GPL is 'shared' or 'collective' software i.e. you can change it, but you have to share all your changes.
Re:Richard Stallman on Bill Gates: "It's not the Gates, it's... by HansF on Friday July 04, 2008 @11:27AM (#236266)
You USE (do) the software anywa. The gpl only limits distribution
Re:Richard Stallman on Bill Gates: "It's not the Gates, it's... by juanpablo on Friday July 04, 2008 @10:40AM (#236232)
How much you can do with an EULA covered software?