www/philosophy free-sw.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       15/09/01 20:26:38

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-sw.html 

Log message:
        Clarify which code needs to be free.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.140&r2=1.141

Patches:
Index: free-sw.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-sw.html,v
retrieving revision 1.140
retrieving revision 1.141
diff -u -b -r1.140 -r1.141
--- free-sw.html        17 Feb 2015 23:25:16 -0000      1.140
+++ free-sw.html        1 Sep 2015 20:26:37 -0000       1.141
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@
 nonfree distribution schemes in terms of how far they fall short of
 being free, we consider them all equally unethical.</p>
 
+<p>In any given scenario, these freedoms must apply to whatever code
+we plan to make use of, or lead others to make use of.  For instance,
+consider a program A which automatically launches a program B to
+handle some cases.  If we plan to distribute A as it stands, that
+implies users will need B, so we need to judge whether both A and B
+are free.  However, if we plan to modify A so that it doesn't use B,
+only A needs to be free; we can ignore B.</p>
+
 <p>The rest of this page clarifies certain points about what makes
 specific freedoms adequate or not.</p>
 
@@ -382,6 +390,9 @@
 
 <ul>
 
+<li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.140&amp;r2=1.141";>Version
+1.141</a>: Clarify which code needs to be free.</li>
+
 <li><a 
href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&amp;r1=1.134&amp;r2=1.135";>Version
 1.135</a>: Say each time that freedom 0 is the freedom to run the program
 as you wish.</li>
@@ -556,7 +567,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/02/17 23:25:16 $
+$Date: 2015/09/01 20:26:37 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>