Hello, * Anton Zinoviev [Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 12:33:30AM +0200]: > During the the discussions in this and the previous month it became > clear there are two completely different notions of "freedom" among > us. > > The first notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to > do whatever we want with it.
I don't think any debian developer seriously holds that opinion. > The second notion of freedom is: the work is free if we are allowed to > adapt it to various needs and to improve it. > > The strong point of the first notion of freedom is that in every > person there is a natural desire to be able to do whatever he wants. > > The strong point of the second notion of freedom is that 1. this > freedom is all we need for practical purposes (thats why FSF holds > this notion of freedom) and 2. this is the status quo in Debian. The problem with this second notion is that "practical purposes" is ill-defined. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
