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From: |
Richard M. Stallman |
Subject: |
www/philosophy open-source-misses-the-point.html |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Sep 2015 20:12:59 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Richard M. Stallman <rms> 15/09/01 20:12:59
Modified files:
philosophy : open-source-misses-the-point.html
Log message:
Describe the stretch to "unpatented".
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.74&r2=1.75
Patches:
Index: open-source-misses-the-point.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html,v
retrieving revision 1.74
retrieving revision 1.75
diff -u -b -r1.74 -r1.75
--- open-source-misses-the-point.html 22 Apr 2015 18:25:29 -0000 1.74
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html 1 Sep 2015 20:12:58 -0000 1.75
@@ -178,6 +178,13 @@
give confidential feedback—which proprietary software developers
have practiced for decades.</p>
+<p>The term has even been stretched to include designs for equipment
+that
+are <a
href="http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/27/texas-teenager-water-purifier-toxic-e-waste-pollution">published
+without a patent</a>. Patent-free equipment designs can be laudible
+contributions to society, but the term “source code” does
+not pertain to it.</p>
+
<p>Open source supporters try to deal with this by pointing to their
official definition, but that corrective approach is less effective
for them than it is for us. The term “free software” has
@@ -447,7 +454,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2015/04/22 18:25:29 $
+$Date: 2015/09/01 20:12:58 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
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