Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 15:22:38 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net> Cc: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly apologizes for calling BSD "Free Software" Message-ID: <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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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>. 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
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