[FSF India] Open $ource is as dangerous as M$ (if not more)

[Arun]

> According to the Oxford Dictonary
> 
> Freedom = Condition of being free and unrestricted
> Freedom	= Having personal rights and social and political liberty

Sure, and your 'personal rights' ends where it can hurt 
another persons Freedom. 
(Hope you wont ask for Freedom to shoot your friend. ;) )
 
> 	When I write code ( original from scratch ) I own the code.
> If my main aim is to make money, I sell it as a proprietary software like
> any of the traditional company. If I want to make money and still want
> people  to see the code, I release it under the Open Source License.
> If I want other to take and , modify it, and redistribute it then I would
> release it under GPL. The choice is mine. So I have my personal rights on
> the code and am unrestricted by any other licenses. So I have freedom
> here.  Now you are saying I *must* release it under GPL to give freedom to
> others. 


    I will say you *must* release it as Free Software (FreeSoftware != GPL)
since I think that is the right way to go. But I am not going to point a 
gun at you and ask to do the same.

> So dont I loose my freedom to choose now ???

    Shouldnt you, if it hurt some others Freedom ?