"...placing restrictions on reuse and redistribution of software is not really *open*?"
No. Nobody with a clue means that. Indeed, it is the placing of restrictions that keeps it open. That is the restriction te GPL imposes. It must remain open. Restrictions are not universally a bad thing. Allow me to illustrate by way of example:
Imagine I was sitting next to you and you "asked" the same question (quotes, because I suspect you are more of a troll than a moron) rather than typing it in a slashdot po
Which license do *you* prefer? After all, you're the one with the gun. (And, apparently, the violent streak.) The gun is supposedly "free" yet you can't actually *be* free with it. Various moral issues and laws notwithstanding.
Real Programmers think better when playing Adventure or Rogue.
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No. Nobody with a clue means that. Indeed, it is the placing of restrictions that keeps it open. That is the restriction te GPL imposes. It must remain open.
Restrictions are not universally a bad thing. Allow me to illustrate by way of example:
Imagine I was sitting next to you and you "asked" the same question (quotes, because I suspect you are more of a troll than a moron) rather than typing it in a slashdot po
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