[Discuss] OSS licenses (was Home NAS redux)

Edward Ned Harvey (blu) blu at nedharvey.com
Wed Jan 9 07:13:28 EST 2013


> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of John Abreau
> 
> Under democracy, citizens are prohibited from seizing power by force and
> imposing a military dictatorship on their fellow citizens. Under anarchy,
> citizens are not so prohibited.
> 
> The equivalent CDDL-type argument would be that anarchy is "more free"
> because you're not prohibited from taking away everyone else's freedom.
> 
> It strikes me as absurd to claim that a system that fails to protect
> freedom is somehow "more free".

I think you're hinting that CDDL fails to protect freedom.  Please elaborate, but begin by reading the CDDL.




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