iPhone restricts users, GPLv3 frees them

[David P. Henderson]

On 01 Jul 2007, at 20:18, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:

> The GPL and other free license represent the will of the individual  
> to actually ensure the code is shared equally and _never_ stolen.
>
I guarantee you that GPL'ed code is stolen all the time. Neither the  
FSF nor other GPL licensers have the time or resources to examine all  
existing code bases for GPL violations. And if one is caught, there  
is no penalty if one can decouple the GPL code.

> I find that very contradictory that some people here get all  
> excited when we talk about small developers who manage to create  
> immensely successful apps for the Mac because they don't release  
> their code (and can't get it stolen) but at the same time don't  
> mind the idea of stealing BSD/MIT (or others) licensed code.
>
One can not "steal" BSD/MIT or similarly licensed code since the  
licenses permit liberal use of the code including appropriation.  
Those style licenses are nearly equivalent to making the code public  
domain.

Dave
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