[OSM-legal-talk] License
Gervase Markham
gerv at gerv.net
Mon Feb 25 18:21:15 GMT 2008
jo at frot.org wrote:
> "How can a community so focused on freedom", he asks, "approve of
> any restrictions?"
This has a fairly simple answer: because such a community is focussed on
maximising the total sum of freedom, distributed freedom and downstream
freedom instead of maximising immediate freedom.
Laws against theft could be said to be a restriction on freedom in the
physical world, but in fact they are an enabler of freedom - they enable
me to walk the streets in relative safety. Loss of freedom for a few
would-be muggers is a gain in freedom for many.
You may not agree with this, but I hope you can at least understand the
position.
Gerv
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