Re: [OS:N:] OS does not reject copyright WAS Open Source as a formof Anarcho-Communism?

[Jens Hardings <jens hardings cl>]

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jmcdermo wrote:

|> |> If all OS/Free software were to reject copyright, it would
|> result |> in a BSD style movement.  There would be no GPL. | | |
|> Indeed.  This is a very important point.  Copyright law is the |
|> foundation upon which the GPL is built. | | And where does
|> copyright law come from?  Or any other laws for that | matter? From
|>  governments.  Therefore, I think the premise that the | Open
|> Source is in any way anarchistic is flawed.
|>
|> You are supposing that all Open Source software is released under
|> the GPL or copylefted. And that is not the case.
|
|
| Open Source software by definition is licensed.See:
| http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

I completely agree, but that is different than what was stated
originally: that all open source software was licensed under the GPL.
The difference is important, since there is plenty of free software and
open source software that is not licensed under the GPL/LGPL.

| You are also confused here. Open source has several governing bodies,
|  including the LSB and a hierarchical development structure for
| mainstream and beta software. The nice part is that if you dont like
| it you are free to make your own, but if it breaks POSIX compliance
| or in some other way deviates from standards the public requires for
| day to day use, expect to also have to create the rest of your own
| distribution as it will be difficult finding anyone to ship the code.

So if nobody has to follow their lead, how are they really governing
bodies? They certainly are leaders, and the ones who follow them do so
voluntarily and only as long as they desire. That sounds a lot more like
anarchism than government. But maybe it is just a different definition
of the underlying ideas we are talking about.

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Jens.
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