Date: 04/06/07 (Open Source)    Keywords: no keywords

Both the GPL and its children (LGPL and Affero) define a new kind of freedom, one with obligations, specifically the obligation to grant others the rights you claim for yourself. I believe history will come to regard them as important milestones, given their intended worldwide reach, their simple language, and their high ideals.

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