Metaprogramming and Free Availability of Sources

Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 03:23:45 -0600 (MDT)


    In the absence of intellectual property, people could still distribute
    binaries without the sources.

Yes, you are right.  Therefore, simply eliminating copyright would not
make all software free.  To do that, we would also need a consumer
protection law requiring publishers of software to make source code
available.