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commit 5bcaf46b75160f0325931c329020f3dc77e1adf8
Author: Neil Jerram <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Apr 26 02:43:54 2010 +0100

    More `Guile and the GNU Project' text
    
    * doc/ref/intro.texi (Guile and the GNU Project): More text about
      extensibility and software freedom.

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diff --git a/doc/ref/intro.texi b/doc/ref/intro.texi
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@@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ Lisp allowed complete and unanticipated applications to be 
written
 within the Emacs environment, the idea was that Guile should do the
 same for other GNU Project applications.  This remains true today.
 
+The idea of extensibility is closely related to the GNU project's
+primary goal, that of promoting software freedom.  Software freedom
+means that people receiving a software package can modify or enhance
+it to their own desires, including in ways that may not have occurred
+at all to the software's original developers.  For programs written in
+a compiled language like C, this freedom covers modifying and
+rebuilding the C code; but if the program also provides an extension
+language, that is usually a much friendlier and lower-barrier-of-entry
+way for the user to start making their own changes.
+
 Guile is now used by GNU project applications such as AutoGen, Lilypond, 
Denemo,
 Mailutils, TeXmacs and Gnucash, and we hope that there will be many more in
 future.


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