Re: Stolen debian logo?
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:09:18PM -0500, David Clymer wrote:
> What makes it Free is an accompanying license which grants an individual
> freedom to use the item in question (software, logo, etc) under certain
> conditions.
Ug. Listen, you're right and everything, but "Freedom" and "you can
only use it under certain conditions" should not be used in the same
sentence -- you are debasing the language. I know all about "Absolute
Freedom" and its limits (the term here would be "Public Domain") but you
really shouldn't call that Free as in Freedom.
Please don't soapbox me, I know what you're going to say.
I would call it "Responsibility Software" because "use it responsibily"
is a more precisely correct definition. "Freedom" means "freedom to
abuse" as well as "freedom to use correctly."
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