[wilhelmtux-discussion] A new political licence?

[Manfred Morgner]

Hallo Linux TELL

> I am not sure that all programmers of Free software are automaticly the
> best human on earth.

No - they are not - clearly.
 
Please don't forget. Restriction may kill too, in direct or indirect way.


Licenses are not to support ethic. Ethic is to support humans life, including
development and free software. It's up to you, if you put your knife into
your neighbour or not. It's not a question for the knife manufacturer.


I prefer to keep free software free. May be you have no expierience with
the practical consequences of this 'well sounding idea'. What you mean looks
(at least for me) a bit like socialism. Good people are allowed to use free
software, but who will decide which people are good enought for free
software?

In the land I'm coming from, the goverment decided anything for us. And
any good citicen were allowed to do lot's of things, while the bad
people had to accept restrictions.

You remember what happens with this land, called the GDR?

The bad people _and_ the former good people couldn't stay it any
longer. Even under best will. And believe me, many of the people
in power had best ideas, and would create a realy good society,
based on restriction. The result was close to a desaster.


It's not my wish, that anyone build weapoons using free software.
But licensing is not a way to prevent it.


Greetings,
Manfred.