Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:00:59 -0600 From: Chip Morton <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: O'Reilly apologizes for calling BSD "Free Software" Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20030228115637.0196abf0@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <3E5E9DBE.12AA2EF6@mindspring.com> References: <200302261224.54884.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <3E5E70F8.85AE964@mindspring.com> <200302271306.26357.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <200302272338.28371.will@unfoldings.net>
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At 05:22 PM 2/27/2003, you wrote: >Willie Viljoen wrote: > > It's even simpler than that. GNU believe software should be free, as in, > > nobody can controle the software's development or rights to the software, > > and if anybody wants to modify the software, the modification must also be > > free, hence the author of any modification also has no rights to his own > > work. > >That's not "freedom", that's "liberation": > > synonyms FREE, RELEASE, LIBERATE, EMANCIPATE, MANUMIT > > FREE implies a usually permanent removal from whatever > binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses <freed the animals > from their cages>. Of course, the real trick is that the definition of "free" that most people care about is the one that says I didn't have to spend any money for this stuff. Most people will take a lot of additional clauses tacked on to their software licences if they don't have to pay for it. Then again, after looking at the licenses of some commercial software, most people will take a lot of additional clauses regardless of what they paid. Mostly, I'd guess, they're/we're just not paying attention. > RELEASE suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, > or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication > of permanent liberation <released his anger on a punching bag>. > > LIBERATE stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty > <liberated their country from the tyrant>. > > EMANCIPATE implies the liberation of a person from subjection > or domination <labor-saving devices emancipated us from > household drudgery>. > > MANUMIT implies emancipation from slavery <the document > manumitted the slaves>. > >You know, as in "I hacked into Microsoft's CVS server and liberated >the source code". 8-) 8-). > > > > If the origional automobile were licensed under the GPL, Volvo would not be > > able to receive anything other than credit for their idea of adding seat > > belts, wethere they wanted to charge for the use of the idea, or not. > >They would also be able to accept a minimal fee for installation, >and they could charge out the wazoo for a warranty, which no one >would buy, because it's cheaper to get a new car, and they could >charge for "OnStar" (support). 8-). > > >-- Terry > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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