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


Alexandre Oliva, le jeu. 10 oct. 2019 23:26:12 -0300, a ecrit:
> On Oct 10, 2019, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 10/10/19 12:39 pm, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> >> I think you missed the bit I quoted above.
> >> 
> >> Consider writing a server program that includes in responses to requests
> >> it receives a message that you are supportive of.  Then someone modifies
> >> their copy so as to include a message you find abhorrent instead.
> >> 
> >> The freedom to do so is encompassed by those in the Free Software
> >> Definition, is it not?
> 
[...]
> I explained that your assumption was mistaken, that free speech is
> actually encompassed by the four software freedoms that the Free
> Software Movement, GNU and FSF all promote and defend.

However with such reasoning, not only free speech is encompassed, but
basically anything in the world. You write some software to manage
selling bubblegum, somebody can modify it to manage selling anything,
including whatever you consider abhorrent. With such reasoning you can
claim that free software is about anything. Which is exactly what we
want in the end, indeed! But actually backing up anything from this is
meanless.

Samuel


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