Re: Inconsistencies in our approach
John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> wrote:
> [...] I find it very hard to quantify Beethoven's
> Ninth Symphony as software, even if it was recorded digitally, given that
> the invention of software postdated its composition by a LONG time [...]
Similarly, do we regard a popular performance of it as a gig, even if
that gig was played in a gig venue? I suspect that a particular form
of a work can be software, even if the original was not.
[...]
> I agree that this is good. But how does it promote Free Software to strip
> manuals from Free programs?
How does it promote free software to strip some accompanying software from
it?
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