<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Christian Hufgard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If we modify laws that protect a business case, we are in the<br>
responsibility to offer alternative ways.</blockquote><div><br>
Why? <br>
</div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Christian Hufgard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Félix Robles wrote:<br>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Christian Hufgard <<a href="mailto:pp@christian-hufgard.de">pp@christian-hufgard.de</a><br>
>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>>> The GPL protects the users' freedom by not letting<br>
>>> anyone have the power you want.<br>
><br>
>> But why is it bad to break the GPL and not bad to break copyrights? Just<br>
>> because you do not accept the contract, normal copyright implies?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Because breaking the GPL you take user's freedoms away,<br>
<br>
</div>That's a good point. Thx.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> but breaking privative licenses you give back user's freedoms to people.<br>
> Those freedoms should be recognised and enforced by law.<br>
<br>
</div>But you as the user have agreed to that license. If you think they grant<br>
you to less freedom, you are free to use other content. You are not<br>
forced to use unfree products.<br></blockquote><div> </div><div>Privative licenses might not be illegal right now but we are not debating "what it is" but "what should be and why". <br><br>Privative licenses should be illegal, as they take freedoms away. That's the "what should be and why".<br>
<br>If you want to debate "what it is" right now, that's a different debate. <br><br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">
> What you want is power indeed: you want to have the power to take away the<br>
> freedoms that the GPL gives to the people. Present copyright laws allow<br>
> privative licenses (those that take away people's freedoms) and also free<br>
> (as in freedom) licenses like GPL. As I just said, breaking the GPL you take<br>
> user's freedoms away, but breaking privative licenses you give back user's<br>
> freedoms<br>
<br>
</div>But in both cases, you break an agreement. If you do not like that<br>
agreement, why did you accept it?</blockquote><div><br>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.<br>
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