I assert though that the GPL does not give us freedom, merely different restrictions.  I even assert that it does not give us all of the freedoms listed above.  In this post, I will argue that the GPL is inherently flawed when it comes to freeing software.

My good IRC friend Beelsebob decided independently to start a new blog, on the exact same say I did, but hopefully I Beelsebob’d him this time!* Anyway, he’s made a better start than I have by writing a nice article on why the GPL is in fact not free, but just restricting you in a different way. So go ahead and read the article