Re: The sad decline of copyleft software licenses? :(

[Marinus Savoritias]

On 10/1/20 2:27 PM, Jean Louis wrote:
> * Marinus Savoritias <marinus.savoritias@disroot.org> [2020-10-01 12:09]:
> > That sounds very priviledged to me.
> >
> > Today people are losing access to their software and they lose access to
> > banking, democracy, free speech among others.
> >
> > 20 years ago it may have been sharing. Today though Free Software is about
> > equality, democracy, economic independence among just a few.
> >
> > It is very much about justice.
>
> Free software is not there to impose harsh justice on the GPL
> violators.

Why take them to court then? Ask them politely to open source stuff.
We don't even need Copyleft by that point.

> When Stallman was speaking about justice at the time of begin of free
> software movement, he was speaking about injustice caused by
> proprietary programs in the world, he wanted to create new free
> software that will be just, contrary to what was already established
> as injustice.

And we want to establish it with Justice for the user. So he doesnt get 
his freedom limited.

That sounds like Justice to me.

> Please read here:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-violation.html
>
> and here:
> https://www.fsf.org/licensing/enforcement-principles
>
> Quotes:
>
> Our primary goal in GPL enforcement is to bring about GPL
> compliance. Copyleft's overarching policy goal is to make respect of
> users' freedoms the norm. The
>
> Legal action is a last resort. Compliance actions are primarily
> education and assistance processes to aid those who are not following
> the license. Most GPL violations occur by mistake, without ill
> will. Copyleft enforcement should assist these distributors to become
> helpful participants in the free software projects on which they
> rely. Occasionally, violations are intentional or the result of severe
> negligence, and there is no duty to be empathetic in those cases. Even
> then, a lawsuit is a last resort; mutually agreed terms that fix (or
> at least cease) further distribution and address damage already done
> are much better than a battle in court.

Of course FSF doesn't take them to court immediately. There is no money 
for that. It is still a matter of injustice though.

Marinus Savoritias
> Jean