On: The time has come to stand up for the GPL

[snikeris]

The freedom to modify the code w/out having to share those modifications.

[digi_owl → snikeris]

In essence it "restricts" your ability to profit from others effort.

[shiggerino → digi_owl]

It doesn't even do that. I profit plenty from others' GPL-licensed effort. The difference is I don't feel entitled to restrict others from profiting from the effort that went into creating the combined work.

[shiggerino → snikeris]

There is no such restriction. Freedom 3 is just that, a freedom, not a duty to release your changes to the public.