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Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by kazinator on Saturday June 13, 2015 @06:32PM (#9712976)
Speaking of kindness, I work on free code simply to express my creativity to the world, not out of kindness. If I wanted to be kind, I'd go volunteer with kids who have cancer.

I believe copyright is complete rubbish; it's just a legal extension of a sense of entitlement.

Since I believe copyright is rubbish, I must believe that all that is based on it is rubbish, including the GPL. Therefore, I won't use it.

The MIT and BSD licenses are good "interface adapters" between creators who believe copyright is rubbish, and the practical world with its legal framework which insists that there must be copyright.

Stallman also basically believes copyright is rubbish, but he used it to forge the "copyleft" which exploits it for an agenda.

My view is that if you disagree with it, don't wield it.

Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by ericbb on Saturday June 13, 2015 @07:51PM (#9713218)
I'm curious, why don't you place your works into the public domain?
Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by kazinator on Saturday June 13, 2015 @10:40PM (#9713651)
See here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9711812

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