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Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: [ELPA] New package: repology.el |
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Sat, 16 Jan 2021 00:14:51 -0500 |
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> > This is pertinent to the general topic of "providing information"
> > but it is not pertinent to the specific topic, which is
> > providing the information that there is a nonfree program
> > called Foo which does X, Y and Z (which might be something
> > you'd like to do, you being someone who doesn't hesitate
> > to run a nonfree program.
> Why do you think I don't hesitate to run a nonfree program? :-)
I don't. I was using "you" to refer to a hypothetical person
who doesn't hesitate to run a nonfree program.
Maybe the smiley means you understand that. I am not sure.
> I am not arguing for use of non-free programs; I am arguing about
> importance of having a consistent and sustainable philosophy useful as a
> set of guiding rules, insted of something that is left to subjective
> interpretation.
Requiring a judgment call, requiring interpretation, is not inconsistent.
Many criteria that make sense for human judgment cannot be stated in a
rigorously objective way. There are points where we _must_ appeal to
human judgment because we don't know a batter way.
What is the specific point?
--
Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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