Re: [rms@gnu.org: Why you shouldn't use the Library GPL for your next library]

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik pobox com>]

> ------- Start of forwarded message -------
> Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 05:25:44 -0500
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> To: info-gnu@gnu.org
> Subject: Why you shouldn't use the Library GPL for your next library
> Reply-to: rms@gnu.org
> 
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> 
>    Why you shouldn't use the Library GPL for your next library
> 			   -- Richard Stallman
> 
> But we should not listen to these temptations, because we can achieve
> much more if we stand together.  We free software developers should
> support one another.  By releasing libraries that are limited to free
> software only, we can help each other's free software packages outdo
> the proprietary alternatives.  The whole free software movement will
> have more popularity, because free software as a whole will stack up
> better against the competition.

"By releasing libraries...limited to free software only..."

Here you are restricting true freedom in favor free software advocacy.

File this under "free beer, not free speech" I guess.

	Jeff