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juiceme is offline juiceme
2016-06-28 , 06:06
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You need to bear in mind to whom is the freedom as defined by GNU GPL really attributed to. @nthn actually put it quite nicely here;

Originally Posted by nthn View Post
But do read this, because those descriptions are short, and many people seem to interpret the 'you's as referring to the person reading the 'four freedoms' rather than the collective entity of humans, and so mistakenly believe they "don't need" free software and free software "isn't needed" because they don't know how or don't feel the need to take advantage of the freedom(s) it provides.
What it boils down to, is that your "personal freedom" is limited a bit in the name of common good here, so that the multitude of humankind will benefit. In the context of "Free software" it is not you that is free, it is the piece of SW that is free and you are not allowed to take away the freedom of the SW.