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From: | David Kastrup |
Subject: | Re: Problem with GPLv3 FAQ about linking with Visual C++ |
Date: | Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:34:00 +0100 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.90 (gnu/linux) |
Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes: > Hyman Rosen wrote: > [...] >> I don't know why Nimmer thinks this is double-speak. > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/x.html > > http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fighting+fire+with+fire > > "The idea of copyleft is that we should fight fire with fireāthat we > should use copyright to make sure our code stays free. " > > is utter nonsense. Using copyright "to make sure our code stays free" is > utter nonsense. Employing prisons so that people can move freely on the streets is similar "nonsense". At one point of time you have to deal with reality and relative evils. -- David Kastrup
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