From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Gerwitz Subject: Re: Meltdown / Spectre Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:08:56 -0500 Message-ID: <871siqv6t3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <874lnzcedp.fsf@gmail.com> <20180106174358.GA28436@jasmine.lan> <87lghapeu5.fsf@gmail.com> <87incc6z9o.fsf@gmail.com> <87fu7g436e.fsf@fastmail.com> <87vagad3xx.fsf@netris.org> <87tvvukqct.fsf@gmail.com> <87efmy9bml.fsf@hyperbola.info> <4b496567-2d50-6973-0eda-7c18946dac1b@platen-software.de> <20180115080745.GA12963@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55307) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ebHdL-0006ee-Vi for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:09:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ebHdK-0001EY-TG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:09:55 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20180115080745.GA12963@thebird.nl> (Pjotr Prins's message of "Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:07:45 +0100") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pjotr Prins Cc: Guix-devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 09:07:45 +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote: > GNU Guix, however, by virtue of being a GNU project is hampered by its > free software credentials. "hamper" isn't a good word to use to describe the FSDG: From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: =20=20 Hamper \Ham"per\, n. [See {Hamper} to shackle.] 1. A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes. --W. Browne. [1913 Webster] =20=20=20=20 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: =20=20 Hamper \Ham"per\, v. t. [OE. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as E. hamble.] To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; to entangle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber. "Hampered nerves." --Blackmore. [1913 Webster] =20=20=20=20 A lion hampered in a net. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] =20=20=20=20 They hamper and entangle our souls. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] The FSDG is mean to liberate, not hamper; we're all stronger because of Guix's adherence to it. This is perhaps the only occasion I can think of---and is admittedly very awkward---where the software running on a computer is considered fine if we pretend that it doesn't exist as software, but becomes a problem if we recognize its existence and attempt to update it. This is a conflict that needs resolution, but I'm not offering that here---I just wanted to comment on the phrasing. =2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 https://mikegerwitz.com --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJaXWzIAAoJEIyRe39dxRuiYAYP/3yY4JLyG0K8F7U4EA8qY6SF gdqQQoXZSI70ejJC4CdsRO8YDVVwk/Oa25CZ1cQKJ12viqJALOHt8fJ1Rl16O/lu wCH6u9p7MuPXQx1G0BSiDbGXtORzSL+aL6QiTQb6VmdBXzXKJM5Tmb34Eh6dWr5V En5f8z3l/ogzMBhSLDpuuejt3Mc6fFskI/ofTZ1gFY4qR8q/d70zVlzpWTdV12d1 HVMIxQ6grfym48vtLEywl2B0VzdAMvYSFgz4NewLjp0Xl296jqFsdQ0hjHsIHY5K D4oN3VYa8AF1KmFNV7L9s8OXthIfilMWR7SEEMSuRv+WL2XN6ZUbi7cLn3BB94Dn dB6Gz50i+TqndAUPX772PSLUiQ75UVFSmjO0OxWNKeXq4yE/zLvBBAEQDcMFSVef U+fZD1W0tyEO/5SKhKmIm+XIln5tv7gHM3ChOuIjhk91qg6WS4JLIVuApRvqphBG LJasEgKC1RQ0tD1eaoRSmRxIG/0NKjeG39OWU8in6us26V/ar1uwnGwLum2NKZUz kPpIuRpl49b+Ko9WpvgOib1fJ9Hk6V6mUKkxjJLjKu4Tq4Cp4JyT4T+3nCZl/mWI fb9B+t4Wn799+6dyl3viGon7hD72MCCKuZRsNTQc/YiZ5KE49CwGAd/wMzTv2CiE A2u+6+VuOCRZkB3lUvGO =cAMo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--