Blaise Alleyne said:
"You don't need to be a journalist to benefit from the
freedom of the
press, neither do you need to be a programmer to benefit from software
freedom."
Very nice! It's clear and succinct.
Mark
Blaise Alleyne wrote:
On 09-12-16 10:03 AM, Ted Smith wrote:
On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 23:06 +1300, Simon
Bridge wrote:
really the four freedoms mainly apply to
the freedom of programmers.
the Four Freedoms, as I can recall them:
[0] Freedom to use the software for any purpose
[1] Freedom to study and modify the software to suit your needs
[2] Freedom to share the software
[3] Freedom to share modified versions of the software
The only one of those that could be said to require any programming
knowledge is [1].
Another way of framing the argument (which you made very well):
You don't need to be a journalist to benefit from the freedom of the
press, neither do you need to be a programmer to benefit from software
freedom.
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