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		tremon on Oct 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Everything is amazing, but nothing is ours As the recipient of an MIT-licensed binary, you have no rights. As the recipient of a GPL-licensed binary, you have the right to ask for the accompanying source code. Sounds like freedom to me.

coldtea on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

Nobody ever defined freedom as in "what somebody can additionally demand when given something for free".

jdnenej on Oct 31, 2019 | [–]

This debate comes up all the time. Does freedom refer to my freedom or everyone's freedom.

My freedom to shoot you is limited by your freedom to not be harmed. My freedoms have been limited but this is very fair.

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