[pp.int.general] Why Free Software misses the point

[Christian Hufgard]

Boris Turovskiy wrote:
> Hi I.K.,
>> To me this point of view also seems anti-pirate in a certain sense.
>> Think about what do we stand for fundamentaly. A wording may be
>> different, but it is basically that people's free access to
>> information (as long as it is not for commercial purposes) is their
>> fundamental right.
> Here comes the first point, the non-commercial clause - good that you
> pointed it out for me. The Pirate ideas usually make a clear distinction
> between "commercial" and "non-commercial", with most of our positions
> focusing on freedoms in the non-commercial area. However, it is
> explicitly stated in the FSF's description of "essential freedoms" that
> there should not be a difference between commercial and non-commercial
> use and distribution. And if we applied their position to other works,
> the hugely popular (among pirates, too) CC-BY-NC license would be
> considered just as "bad" or "unfree" as a "all rights reserved" license.

Now you know why CC means "some rights reserved". The only CC license
that is as free as GPL is cc-by-sa. As GPL is does grant you some
rights. You are not free to produce unfree stuff based on such material.


Christian