From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: An April 1 joke? Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add systemd.
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:24:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sh8aakyw.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1522846191.3197.72.camel@gmail.com> (Svante Signell's message of "Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:49:51 +0200")
Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com> writes:
> It's really time for a re-definition of Free Software, not only basing such
> definitions solely on the license at hand. It is also a matter of freedoms of
> the users of software.
The Free Software Definition is already expressed in terms of the
freedoms of the users of software. It says "A program is free software
if the program's users have the four essential freedoms", and then
proceeds to list the 4 freedoms:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
What do you believe is missing from the definition of free software?
How would you propose to change it?
Regards,
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-04 18:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-02 9:42 An April 1 joke? Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add systemd Svante Signell
2018-04-02 10:15 ` Nils Gillmann
2018-04-02 10:19 ` Nils Gillmann
2018-04-02 14:38 ` Leo Famulari
2018-04-04 12:49 ` Svante Signell
2018-04-04 14:16 ` Martin Castillo
2018-04-04 15:04 ` Adonay Felipe Nogueira
2018-04-04 18:13 ` Mark H Weaver
2018-04-04 18:24 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2018-04-04 20:08 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-04-04 20:32 ` Nils Gillmann
2018-04-04 21:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-04-05 0:06 ` Tomáš Čech
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-04-04 15:33 Svante Signell
2018-04-04 16:59 ` Thomas Sigurdsen
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