Le 11/12/2019 à 05:29, freemedia via Dng a écrit :
free software force and golinux have expressed interest in a revised version of the four
freedoms, which i was initially very shy about the idea of. for some time ive proposed as
an alternative a list of companion qualities or "pillars" which i havent
completely abandoned yet.
still, while seeking what these pillars would be, someone stepped up with a
really ideal fifth freedom, which im now taking on a tour of sorts, consider
this a request for comments:
The freedom to NOT run the software, to be free to avoid vendor lock-in through
appropriate modularization/encapsulation and minimized dependencies; meaning
any free software can be replaced with a user’s preferred alternatives (freedom
4).
for comparison, the existing four freedoms are:
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0).
The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your
computing as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition
for this.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others (freedom 2).
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom
3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from
your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
I agree that the freedom to NOT run a piece of software is
essential, and the a sensible expression of why Devuan exists.
Let me just kindly ask you to restrict the habit of numbering
things starting from 0 to programming in C (and derived languages). In
these languages it is a trick to map array indexes to address
arithmetic; out of this scope it makes no sense.
Thanks.
Didier
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