Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Dealing with blind hatred for the GPL

[Yui Hirasawa]

>>> Mention "freedom" and they'll say the GPL is "restrictive" and
>>> "viral".
>>
>> Many people who think that are anarchist who also think they should
>> be allowed to kill.
>
> It's very unfortunate you'd think this way. I too find the GPL
> restricts some freedom, but understand the need for it and advocate
> its use over permissive licenses. And I'm an anarchist, but I don't
> think I should be allowed to kill. I don't know what kind of
> anarchists you met, but no one I know thinks they should be allowed to
> kill.

If you reread my mail you will see that I didn't say that all anarchist
think that you should be allowed to kill. But these people specifically
think that their freedom should be ultimate to the point where they are
allowed to do things that harm others.

> Back to the point, I agree that the battle is uphill when trying to
> convince someone who's alredy made up his mind about software freedom.
> But it's not a lost battle, and if you don't fight back on public
> forums, you give the impression they are right. You aren't really
> trying to convince them, but showing other readers that there's
> another way.

You make a valid point that it might make a them appear to be right when
you don't contest them, that is very unfortunate indeed. Of course if
you don't mind getting called names and other stuff then you should
definitely call them out when they are saying things that are bullshit.