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> "you couldn't do what you do without [the GPL]."

> "But I can, and I do."

@tyil So now you claim you can write GPL-licensed code even if the GPL license never existed? You really are misunderstanding me very badly, I know you are far too intelligent to make this mistake unless you just do not understand what I am explaining.

Another misunderstanding. I have never ONCE accused you of having hidden political motives throughout this discussion. I have not accused you of anything at all (except ignorance, which is not evil). I am simply saying you have political views that you do not realize that you have. Not realizing is very different from hiding your motives or a having hidden agenda, and I can clearly see that you have been completely honest and respectful with me throughout our discussion.

I have ever not made up any backstories either. Again, you misunderstand, you believe I am accusing you of having a hidden political agenda, I am not accusing you of this. I am only saying you have a political point of view, even if you don't realize that you do (like a fish in water).

And so, if you ever meet someone who disagrees with your political point of view, you could end up accusing the other of bringing politics into the discussion, because you do not realize you have a political point of view, but you do, and it only becomes obvious as soon as someone disagrees with it.

I mean this as a compliment to you when I say this: it seems to me that your political views and my political views are fairly similar regarding free/libre open source software. For example, we both seem to agree that sharing code and ideas is necessarily a benefit, it is "good" to share for some definition "good". If you didn't agree with that, you would not have published any code under the GPL or any open source license. I would very much appreciate it if you could at least acknowledge that this is in fact a political point of view. If not, then why do you bother sharing your code at all?