[pp.int.general] Protest certain musicians?

[Félix Robles]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Christian Hufgard
<pp at christian-hufgard.de>wrote:

> If we modify laws that protect a business case, we are in the
> responsibility to offer alternative ways.


Why?


On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Christian Hufgard
<pp at christian-hufgard.de>wrote:

> Félix Robles wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Christian Hufgard <
> pp at christian-hufgard.de
> >> wrote:
> >
> >>> The GPL protects the users' freedom by not letting
> >>> anyone have the power you want.
> >
> >> But why is it bad to break the GPL and not bad to break copyrights? Just
> >> because you do not accept the contract, normal copyright implies?
> >
> >
> > Because breaking the GPL you take user's freedoms away,
>
> That's a good point. Thx.
>
> > but breaking privative licenses you give back user's freedoms to people.
> > Those freedoms should be recognised and enforced by law.
>
> But you as the user have agreed to that license. If you think they grant
> you to less freedom, you are free to use other content. You are not
> forced to use unfree products.
>

Privative licenses might not be illegal right now but we are not debating
"what it is" but "what should be and why".

Privative licenses should be illegal, as they take freedoms away. That's the
"what should be and why".

If you want to debate "what it is" right now, that's a different debate.

 > What you want is power indeed: you want to have the power to take away
> the
> > freedoms that the GPL gives to the people. Present copyright laws allow
> > privative licenses (those that take away people's freedoms) and also free
> > (as in freedom) licenses like GPL. As I just said, breaking the GPL you
> take
> > user's freedoms away, but breaking privative licenses you give back
> user's
> > freedoms
>
> But in both cases, you break an agreement. If you do not like that
> agreement, why did you accept it?


I didn't accept such agreement. I was against that agreement and I exercised
my freedoms, freedoms that although they are not recognised by that license
they should be enforced by law when they are not already enforced.
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