Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > How can we expect people to abide by the GPL if we don't respect > their licensing terms? Stealing proprietary software is exactly as > immoral as proprietary vendors ripping off GPL'ed code. While you do have a point, I can't agree with this. In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes their freedom. Copyright, on the other hand, is an arbitrary monopoly instituted by the state.
