On Wednesday 05 December 2007 20:48:47 Noah Slater wrote: > But the analogy is flawed because the freedoms are different. The > freedom of speech is the freedom to express one's self without > restriction.
If you disagree with the notion that free speech/free software is a bad analogy, I suggest you take it up with Vijay or Matt not me :-) (It's not my analogy, and it's been on Matt's org's website for a longer than I can remember ( >10 years) ). (I must admit I'm thinking of gnu.org there though rather than fsf.org) That said, as I said, you're welcome to disagree. I don't know why you're shouting at me though, I was explaining as I understood it Vijay's extension of the analogy regarding a definition of free software. I wasn't speaking about the GPL (any version) at all. (You asked for clarification on what Vijay was referring to, so I explained _his_ definition as I understood it. (I don't have to agree with an idea to explain it) Incidentally, where you say this: > The four freedoms of the GPL are to do with > modification/distribution/usage/opacity and are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT > both practically and metaphorically. As well as shouting, you're also agreeing with me. I also said they're different: ... that page is using [free speech] as a means of /explanation/ rather than definition (perhaps). The definition there is based on defining a set of rules and then applying Kant's law of universality. (cf "Kantian ethics"/"golden rule" in the GNU manifesto) That's practically and metaphorically different (as well as a different philosophical basis). Indeed that was the point being raised - that there are different possible views from a similar starting point and despite a similar moral desire. (each of which may find the other invalid) I found it fascinating, you _appear_ to (to me) find it aggravating. I'll leave it there, since we're actually agreeing on the fact they're different, but you're shouting at me. Regards, Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
