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Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: [Ghm-discuss] Main Topic for 2012 |
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Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:07:14 +0200 |
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Hi,
Werner Koch <address@hidden> skribis:
> On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 23:17, address@hidden said:
>
>> One reason to work on it would be that it’s /designed/ to make Freedoms
>> #0 and #1 practical, as opposed to merely making them legal.
>
> In reality this point is moot. Most computers are not multi-user
> machines but currently under the full control of the user.
I was referring to the fact that the system can be extended at run-time,
with little or no expertise in kernel development.
For instance, one can implement a file system, restart it when it
crashes (instead of rebooting), debug it with gdb, and be blissfully
ignorant of the OS innards.
That’s what I meant by “practical freedom.”
Cheers,
Ludo’.
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