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Re: Questions regarding licensing issues

From: nkavv at physics dot auth dot gr
To: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
Cc: Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore dot com>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, nikolaos dot kavvadias at gmail dot com
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 20:00:46 +0200
Subject: Re: Questions regarding licensing issues
References: <20121107125246.51304rcss1jd0dk4@mail.physics.auth.gr> <509A433D.3000704@adacore.com> <20121107140806.99462gjlf0b8kow0@mail.physics.auth.gr> <509A91B6.1030301@redhat.com>

Hi Andrew

AFAICS GPL,v3+ restricts my freedom... I thought that its purpose was
to protect my freedom.


No.  I don't simply want to pile on after everything that has been
said, but this is a common misconception.  It isn't the purpose of the
GPL to protect the rights of developers to impose restrictions on the
users of their software.  Its purpose, to the extent possible, is to
protect the rights of those users.  This is best done by preventing
developers from imposing such restrictions if they use GNU software.

I understand. And the rights of the users should be protected, to the extent described by the GPL,v3.

References:
- Questions regarding licensing issues
  - From: nkavv
- Re: Questions regarding licensing issues
  - From: Robert Dewar
- Re: Questions regarding licensing issues
  - From: nkavv
- Re: Questions regarding licensing issues
  - From: Andrew Haley

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