Re: software definition
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 08:31:37AM +0200, Mathieu Roy wrote:
> "Software" is translated into "Logiciel" in French, which means program
> actually.
> The "French name" for Free Software is "Logiciel Libre".
>
> It makes no room for confusion: when you believe in "Logiciel Libre",
> it does not mean at all that you think that magically every text that
> is copied on a computer change it's nature (like the Bible stopping
> to be a theological text to be a "software")
Wow. You're still arguing that freedom isn't important if it's not
about programs, and that we should give it up freely since it's not the
focus of the FSF, and going on and on with definitions that have zero
relevance to the spirit of the issue.
plonk
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Glenn Maynard
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