Automatic GPL termination

[Philippe Verdy]

> De : John Cowan [mailto:cowan at ccil.org]
> Envoyé : mercredi 19 septembre 2007 13:51
> À : Philippe Verdy
> Cc : 'Alexander Terekhov'; 'Rick Moen'; license-discuss at opensource.org
> Objet : Re: Automatic GPL termination
> 
> Philippe Verdy scripsit:
> 
> > > > > How can present day Free Software believers wallow in the tripe
> that
> > > > > Moglen spews? His goal is the destruction of "intellectual
> property"
> > > > > in commerce.
> >
> > This is wrong. Otherwise the "no commercial use" would have been
> included in
> > the GPL (something that is forbidden, any attempt to do that invalidates
> the
> > compatibility with the GPL).
> 
> You're talking past one another.  Moglen is not opposed to commerce,
> nor is the GPL.  He is opposed to monopoly (so-called IP).  To be against
> monopoly is not to be against commerce; on the contrary.

That's exactly what I intended. We are not opposed on this subject, even if
you think I was wrong, your opinion here is exactly mine too !

In other words, I am not talking about "things of the past". The GNU
philosophy has not changed what you say here was true also for the past. The
GNU project has always been opposed to monopolistic positions, and in favour
of commerce, fair commerce, not blocked by irreasonnable dictatorship of a
few giant right holders constantly limiting our capacity to learn and
create, work and live from our work.