Code is a difficult precedent for me, especially given the prior example of PGP having to print source as books to "count".
However, as far as restricting the information itself in this case - I can readily & legally buy gunsmithing books, in a country where it's illegal to possess a firearm without a license. And there's nothing shady about it. We're not talking junk kindlespam either. Real books by real authors, by real publishers in real bookshops.
If that information is considered free in a country that has some of the toughest gun laws (UK), it seems bizarre to me that it should be more restricted / less free in the US.
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Code is a difficult precedent for me, especially given the prior example of PGP having to print source as books to "count".
However, as far as restricting the information itself in this case - I can readily & legally buy gunsmithing books, in a country where it's illegal to possess a firearm without a license. And there's nothing shady about it. We're not talking junk kindlespam either. Real books by real authors, by real publishers in real bookshops.
If that information is considered free in a country that has some of the toughest gun laws (UK), it seems bizarre to me that it should be more restricted / less free in the US.