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From: | Blaise Alleyne |
Subject: | Re: [fsf-community-team] Why should we talk about the freedom? |
Date: | Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:56:13 -0500 |
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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. -- http://blaise.ca/
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