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In particular, that quote mixes up freedom and power: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/freedom-or-power.en.html

Being allowed to choose a license that denies freedom to others isn't freedom, just like being allowed to own slaves wasn't freedom.



The term for this "communal freedom" rather than "pure individualist freedom" is Negative Liberty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_liberty

It's one of the core tenets of modern freedom, for example: you're free to say what you want (Positive Liberty) as long as it's not a threat of violence that would silence someone else, so that other person is free from your threat of violence (Negative Liberty).




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