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The ghost in the machine 2

August 14, 2008 - 2:17 pm - by Richard Fernandez
DrJ
2008-08-14 19:04:55

The code wants to be free.. Ideas want to be free.

I’m sorry, but I’ve heard this pablum for years. Simply, it is nonsense. Ideas have no desires, so they cannot desire freedom. And computer code is a work product, and not an idea. You can put it under any license you want, or patent parts if you wish. Personally, I prefer the BSD license, but that is neither here nor there.