[access_denied]

But the result of GPLed software is also that it can be freely modified by anyone who cares. I think your stance is to one-dimensional, while remaining interesting. I also cannot prove you wrong. I will think about it. My guess at the moment is, that RMS changed his views over time.

[lgriffith]

Again, I don't care what RMS says, what he does is what is important. Simply read his re-re-revised EULA. His focus is to prohibit useful and valuable combinations of proprietary and OSS software by requiring the free distribution of the proprietary intellectual property content and abandonment of any applicable patents.

Which result has the most fundamental impact? The restriction to trading software artifact for software artifact no matter what or allowing modification by anyone who cares. For the former, there is no choice. For the latter, there is the choice to modify or not. I suggest the former has a far more profound effect on the final result.

Perhaps our disagreement is that I think the results are mostly detrimental and you think they are mostly good. The question is good for whom and for what reason?

I don't think that I am the one who is being one dimensional here.