Re: [libreplanet-discuss] suggestion/help. GPL enforcement.

[Daniel Pocock]

On 05/06/16 20:46, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> On 06/05/2016 11:23 AM, Daniel Pocock wrote:
>>
>> If copyright law didn't exist, then developers would not be able to use
>> the GPL to place copyleft conditions on derivative works
>>
> 
> (preface: I acknowledge this wording as slightly snarky)
> 
> Repeat after me: "We can abolish copyright law if we just also mandate
> source release for published works and prohibit DRM"
> 

>From a practical perspective, thought, I suspect that an outcome
combining all the things in that sentence is extremely unlikely any time
soon and so using copyright law to serve a useful purpose is the way to
go for many people