> Restrictive in that it prevents you from fucking people over.
Restrictive in that it controls how you must license derivative works and release source code. It imposes an ideology on others.
> This is like saying laws against slavery restrict freedom (freedom to own slaves).
No, really, it's absolutely nothing like saying that, and if you care about free software (however defined, but in particular along the lines RMS endorses), you should stop using such a fantastically stupid analogy.
Restrictive in that it controls how you must license derivative works and release source code. It imposes an ideology on others.
> This is like saying laws against slavery restrict freedom (freedom to own slaves).
No, really, it's absolutely nothing like saying that, and if you care about free software (however defined, but in particular along the lines RMS endorses), you should stop using such a fantastically stupid analogy.