Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Gitlab and Gitorious (was Re: support me)

[Miles Fidelman]

Will Hill wrote:
> I'd rather deliver a knock out blow to them by removing copyright protection
> for non free software.
For those who are advocating this, can I assume that you realize this 
would require a change to the law, unless authors explicitly release 
their software to the "public domain?"  (Works are automatically 
copyrighted by their author, unless you go to lengths to avoid it.)  I 
expect the likelihood of such a legal change is just about nil.

And... if you DO release code to the public domain, that leaves others 
free to make a few modifications, and/or bundle that code with other 
code, and copyright the whole mess.

Copyleft, among other things, is a way to prevent that kind of abuse.

Miles Fidelman



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