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Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source"
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source" |
Date: |
Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:00:04 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 12:14, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I think you misunderstand the goal of free software. The whole point is
>> to give people the power of choice.
>
> The point of free software is not a stable thing.
It depends on whether you are talking about software that happens to end
up as free, or software that has been conceived in the course of the
free software movement as initiated by the Free Software Foundation.
The whole point of freedom is that it gives room for different
motivations. But that does not make it a conglomerate of the different
motivations it admits.
--
David Kastrup
- Participation Requested: Survey about Open-Source Software Development, Jeffrey Carver, 2011/06/13
- Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Richard Stallman, 2011/06/13
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Richard Stallman, 2011/06/14
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", David Kastrup, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Lennart Borgman, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source",
David Kastrup <=
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Jambunathan K, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Juanma Barranquero, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Jambunathan K, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Jambunathan K, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Juanma Barranquero, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Andreas Röhler, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Lennart Borgman, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Richard Stallman, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/15