And the practical differences are?

jiggy2011 · on Jan 23, 2012

I think he just described some.

There seems to be a phenomenon on HN of hardcore anti-copyright or pro-piracy posters who reply antagonistically to posts that they appear to have either deliberately misread or not read at all.

burgerbrain · on Jan 23, 2012

The discussion is about the statement: "But he's asking ALL software developers to stop making software for money"

That is blatantly false. Who gives a shit if they are selling software, or selling "support" for software? Either way people are making money with GPL software.

There seems to be a phenomenon on HN of absurd pedants deliberately derailing conversations.

jiggy2011 · on Jan 23, 2012

My post was a reply to:

"You do realize that people sell GPL'd software all the time, right?"

You specifically said sell and I asked for examples.

burgerbrain · on Jan 23, 2012

As I said, pedants derailing conversations. The most popular way seems to be selectively ignoring context.

"sell"

So sue me.