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Re: [PATCH] manual: Remove warning in the documentation of the abort function


Hello, Siddhesh,

Sorry this is a little terse; typed from the airport before boarding.

On Oct  9, 2019, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:

> That is not true for the GNU project because nothing in the GNU
> project, especially its manifesto has any mention of censorship or
> fight against censorship as its goal.

So let's see what Free Software is about, shall we?

You might recall freedom #1: the freedom to study the source code and
adapt the software so that it does what you wish.  That amounts to free
speech in code: you are free to take preexisting code and then express
whatever idea you see fit in it.

Freedom #0: the freedom to run the software for any purpose.  That
amounts to putting the ideas expressed in the software in action.
Furthermore, if the software is written so that running it conveys
ideas, it's actual free speech, expressed through the software.

Freedom #3: the freedom to improve the software, and to distribute your
improvements when you wish.  That amounts to conveying to others the
ideas you expressed in (vs through, already covered in #0) the software.

Do you see now that censorship, being the opposite of free speech, is
indeed something that the whole Free Software movement stands against?

-- 
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter  he/him   https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo
Be the change, be Free!        FSF VP & FSF Latin America board member
GNU Toolchain Engineer                        Free Software Evangelist
Hay que enGNUrecerse, pero sin perder la terGNUra jamás - Che GNUevara


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