[pp.int.general] copyright vs. "droit d'auteur"

[Anton Tamminen]

Per von Zweigbergk wrote:
>
> Maybe copyright reform makes the GPL a bit weaker, but I think the 
> tradeoff is worth it. And while protection of the authors moral 
> "rights" might be nice to have, if you're an author, it's simply 
> incompatible with the idea of broader imaginary property reform for 
> the 21st century.
Being a free software activist and developer myself, I'd like to comment 
that the GPL and other free licenses becoming weaker isn't a problem if 
the protection of proprietary software is equally weakened. As I see it, 
the point of the GPL is to create an oasis of freedom within the desert 
of hindrance - to allow (and *preserve*) freedom to derive. The GPL is 
that barrier between the desert and the oasis, and only needed in a 
world where freedom does not ring.

Regards,

-- 
Anton Tamminen
International Secretary, Member of the Board
Piraattipuolue - The Pirate Party, Finland
http://www.piraattipuolue.fi