[rick888]

The GNU license requires all forks to also be open source. This means that I won't be able to add open source software to my proprietary application without all of my changes also being given out for free.

The Free Software Foundation also sues companies in court for not complying with their license. This doesn't really sound like anything different than the current copyright system.

I would not want to live in a world where I am forced by law to give out the source to my software.

[RyanMcGreal]

>I would not want to live in a world where I am forced by law to give out the source to my software.

No one's forcing you to use GNU licenced software in your proprietary application.

[rick888]

It's interesting you say that considering Stallman's entire rant is about proprietary software that he has the freedom to just not use.

[RyanMcGreal]

He has the right to believe that more free software would make the world a better place and to try to convince others of this.