That is not true freedom, because it still works within the confines of the law. No, true freedom would mean it it impossible to have anything be anything other than public domain because there would be no one to enforce IP.<p>The free software movement with its copyleft licenses strives for <i>this</i> kind of freedom, but having been yet unable to eradicate IP law, essentially uses it to undo itself. &quot;My creation rejects intellectual property and so must everyone who uses my creation.&quot;<p>It seems contradictory because it is, and it is very self aware of that. Because licenses like the gpl aren&#x27;t an end in themselves, they are simply a crude attempt to mimic the idyllic end game: no copyright law covering software at all.