[Axiom-legal] RE: [Axiom-developer] Re: [Maxima] Re: GCL used commercially?

[Stavros Macrakis]

Stallman says:

> ...But when we make such a decision, it is a strategic one; it is
> not because we think that non-free projects deserve our cooperation.
> They never deserve our cooperation.  They deserve to be replaced with 
> free software.

This puts it quite clearly.  The GPL is not about defending our work
(against proprietary forks etc.), it is about constraining others to
license *their* work under the FSF's preferred terms whenever possible.

The LGPL defends our work very nicely without constraining others'
work.  That is good enough for me.  I do not claim to have such a
superior ethical and moral compass as to decide for others what an
appropriate license for *their* work is.

        -s