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Re: State of the GNUnion 2020
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: State of the GNUnion 2020 |
Date: |
Tue, 25 Feb 2020 03:07:04 -0500 |
The text also says:
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the GNU Project, which creates and distributes a software system that
respects users' freedoms
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There is a slightly confusion here, and implication that isn't the
intent of the GNU project, I think.
Namley, "distribute a software system that respects user's freedom".
I am not clear what the meaning a "software system" that "respects
user's freedom" means here, how does the _operating_system_ (assuming
it is already free software) respect user rights?
That seems to be a technical goal, say by allowing easier ways to
modify source code, writting "simpler" code that is easily understood
by others, or by reducing obstacles like not needing a root user to do
specific actions.
We might even decide on technical solution that might not at all lead
to that -- say by eskewing ways that make it easier to load
third-party modules in the inevitable situation that it might lead to
propietery software doing something nasty.
While lofty goals worth striding for, I think they are slightly
different than what the GNU project, and the GNU system are about.
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, (continued)
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/21
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alexandre François Garreau, 2020/02/22
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/22
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alexandre François Garreau, 2020/02/22
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/22
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alexandre François Garreau, 2020/02/22
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Dmitry Gutov, 2020/02/24
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/24
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alexandre François Garreau, 2020/02/24
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020,
Alfred M. Szmidt <=
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, John Darrington, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Andreas Enge, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Andreas Enge, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Alexandre François Garreau, 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Kaz Kylheku (gnu-misc-discuss), 2020/02/25
- Re: State of the GNUnion 2020, Samuel Thibault, 2020/02/25