From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: An April 1 joke? Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add systemd. Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:24:23 -0400 Message-ID: <87sh8aakyw.fsf@netris.org> References: <1522662136.3259.35.camel@gmail.com> <20180402143822.GA26072@jasmine.lan> <1522846191.3197.72.camel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35794) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3n62-00080l-Sw for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:25:23 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3n5z-0001RA-JB for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:25:22 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:41530) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f3n5z-0001Ql-7V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:25:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1522846191.3197.72.camel@gmail.com> (Svante Signell's message of "Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:49:51 +0200") 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: Svante Signell Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Svante Signell 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