Well, well, it is true of course that there are two types of liberty. But which one should have priority in the cases when these two contradicts somehow?
We need to have some tie-breaker for these special cases.
For me, the collective liberty should always has higher priority. Because of two reasons:
The individual is mortal, but the society is virtually immortal. So, the given liberty will last much longer.
When the collective liberty is decreased at the expense of individual liberty, much more individuals are affected, than in the reverse case.
So, when the collective liberty has priority, the total liberty increases as a result of the tie-break. When the individual liberty has priority, the total liberty decreases.
That is why I am adherent to the GPL, EUPL and the other copy-left licenses. (and there was a time, when I liked the permissive licenses more).
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Well, well, it is true of course that there are two types of liberty. But which one should have priority in the cases when these two contradicts somehow?
We need to have some tie-breaker for these special cases.
For me, the collective liberty should always has higher priority. Because of two reasons:
The individual is mortal, but the society is virtually immortal. So, the given liberty will last much longer.
When the collective liberty is decreased at the expense of individual liberty, much more individuals are affected, than in the reverse case.
So, when the collective liberty has priority, the total liberty increases as a result of the tie-break. When the individual liberty has priority, the total liberty decreases.
That is why I am adherent to the GPL, EUPL and the other copy-left licenses. (and there was a time, when I liked the permissive licenses more).
As simple as that.
Glad to hear a case for the other end of this.
I've been pondering the question for some time now.