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

Siddhesh Poyarekar siddhesh@gotplt.org
Thu Oct 10 01:32:00 GMT 2019


On 09/10/19 9:14 pm, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> 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?

Do you not see that the freedoms specifically talk about software?  How
is abortion rights or censorship about abortion related to software?

You're not making any sense at this point.

Siddhesh



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