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From: Richard M. Stallman
Subject: www/philosophy programs-must-not-limit-freedom-...
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2022 16:21:45 -0400 (EDT)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       22/09/06 16:21:45

Modified files:
        philosophy     : programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html 

Log message:
        Add humorous quotation.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.16&r2=1.17

Patches:
Index: programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -b -r1.16 -r1.17
--- programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html 23 Dec 2021 00:21:11 -0000      
1.16
+++ programs-must-not-limit-freedom-to-run.html 6 Sep 2022 20:21:45 -0000       
1.17
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@
 would mainly push users towards nonfree software.  Trying to stop
 users from doing something through usage restrictions in free software
 is as ineffective as pushing on an object through a long, straight,
-soft piece of cooked spaghetti.</p>
+soft piece of cooked spaghetti.  As one wag put it, this is
+&ldquo;someone with a very small hammer seeing every problem as a
+nail, and not even acknowledging that the nail is far too big for the
+hammer.&rdquo;</p>
 
 <p>
 It is worse than ineffective; it is wrong too, because software
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/12/23 00:21:11 $
+$Date: 2022/09/06 20:21:45 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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