Re: Free Software is not a gift (was: [ox-en] Oekonux introduction)
- From: Michael Bouwens <michelsub2003 yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
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Wouldn't it be more correct to say that it only creates voluntary moral obligations?
Michel
magius <gmagius gmail.com> wrote: 2006/10/20, Stefan Merten :
* Using Free Software creates no obligations
Uhm..
This term is too generalist. Is not an obligation the principle,
contained in the GNU/GPL license, that is not possible to "privatize"
the product? The GNU/GPL states that the work of the software worker
cannot be alienated (in marxist terms).
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