On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 08:00:33AM -0400, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Mark Rages wrote:
> >> If you require that "open" also means totally free to use
> >> for whatever you want in any way you want, then most of what is
> >> commonly referred to as "open" isn't, including everything from the
> >> Open Software Foundation.
> >
> > Your last sentence is incorrect.
> >
> > Freedom 0 is the freedom to use the software for any purpose.
> 
> But the GPL doesn't give you that freedom without additional restrictions.

It does. As pointed out earlier in the thread, the GPL only deals with
modification and redistribution of software. It can be used for any
purpose.

BAJ
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