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Re: documentation eq software ?



Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> a tapoté :

> 
> iff -ur coreutils-5.0.90/src/ls.c coreutils-5.0.90.new/src/ls.c
> --- coreutils-5.0.90/src/ls.c   2003-07-27 07:33:36.000000000 +0100
> +++ coreutils-5.0.90.new/src/ls.c       2003-08-30 13:46:52.000000000
> +0100
> @@ -3758,6 +3758,7 @@
>  Sort entries alphabetically if none of -cftuSUX nor --sort.\n\
>  \n\
>  "), stdout);
> +      fputs (_("Note: The author of this software believes that the
> invasion of Iraq was an act fully justified by international law\n"),
> stdout);
>        fputs (_("\
>  Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options
> too.\n\
>  "), stdout);

moa@dionysos:~$ ls --version
ls (coreutils) 5.0
Écrit par Richard Stallman and David MacKenzie.

Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Ce logiciel est libre; voir les sources pour les conditions de
reproduction. AUCUNE garantie n'est donnée; tant pour des raisons
COMMERCIALES que pour RÉPONDRE À UN BESOIN PARTICULIER.

Who's this "author"?

> ? I've seen several pieces of software which made political statements.
> The author obviously felt that doing so was important. Should the GPL
> protect those opinions?

The GPL is about software. And the main purpose of a software is not
to make a political stand.


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