On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 08:32:55PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > But Debian contains essays, logos, and licenses that cannot be > > modified. These are not programs; are they software? > > The essays and logos in question are in fact not part of Debian.
I think Richard Stallman was referring to essays such as /usr/share/emacs/21.3/etc/WHY-FREE (emacs21-common 21.3+1-3) "Verbatim copying and redistribution is permitted without royalty as long as this notice is preserved; alteration is not permitted." -- Richard Braakman There's still time to save Europe from software patents. EuropeSwPatentFree - http://EuropeSwPatentFree.internautas.org

