On 28.01.2014 21:39, Daniel Pocock wrote:
On 28/01/14 21:37, Florian Weimer wrote:
* Daniel Pocock:
That, too, is what I commented - getting more people to pay by
electronic means (making cash/anonymity appear shameful) seems to be
the objective
Cash is already heavily regulated, at least in countries with a stable
economy.
What has this to do with free software, by the way?
How much of the software used for those electronic
currency/banking/payment transactions is free?
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Most ATMs run with nonfree software (mostly Windows XP), but this does
not seem to be a problem for Richard Stallman:
"Likewise, I don't need to worry about what software is in a kiosk, pay
phone, or ATM that I am using. I hope their owners migrate them to free
software, for their sake, but there's no need for me to refuse to touch
them until then."
There is also a really old programming language called COBOL
http://jxself.org/cobol.shtml.
As most COBOL software is never distributed, developing COBOL programs
seems to be compatible with the free software movement.
Tobias Platen
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