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by rimantas 4931 days ago
Well, you not counting something I want to do with code as freedom does not make it less of a freedom. That, and also, that by limiting my ability to limit other users' freedom you are in fact limiting my own freedom: I may not use your code licensed that way. That's way I go with MIT, BSD, whatever, and leave GPL folks to play their hypocritical games with semantics, definitions and freedoms.
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> That, and also, that by limiting my ability to limit other users' freedom you are in fact limiting my own freedom

Nobody ever said that you had a right to infringe upon others' rights.

> leave GPL folks to play their hypocritical games with semantics, definitions and freedoms.

There's not one ounce of hypocrisy anywhere here. You may not like it, but to call "GPL folks" hypocritical is absolutely ridiculous.

Finally, it's remarkable that you managed to take a comment my comment, which was originally highlighting the similarities between the two schools of thought, and turning it into a jumping-off point for how one is clearly better than the other. Well-done!