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Would Dostoevsky Use the GPL?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 22, 2007

“To GPL or not to GPL: What Would Dostoevsky Do?

“‘Thou wouldst go into the world, and art going with empty
hands, with some promise of freedom which men in their simplicity
and their natural unruliness cannot even understand, which they
fear and dread- for nothing has ever been more insupportable for a
man and a human society than freedom.’
– The Grand Inquisitioner, Book 5, Chapter 5, The Brothers
Karamazov…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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