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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
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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
+“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.”</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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