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Re: Definition of "free" (was: New Package: defrag 0.6-1)

> >It may change your trust in the code, but not how free you are to use
> >the software.
> >[...]
> >Why?  Source code availablility and source code modifiability are not
> >the same thing.  I could easily create a "read-only" copyright.
> 
> I'm sorry but I don't trust code that I can't look at.  As a Programmer,
> I know how easy it is to make errors that you know better about but
> weren't thinking at the time.  I just don't install code that I can't
> look at.

I'm a major programmer, too, but I don't buy the "don't trust code I
can't look at" arguement.  Have you read the source code for the ROMs
in your computer?  Do you still use your computer?  Do you use the telephone?
Have you ever read the source code for the telephone switch?  (I have -- it's
awful.)    Ever user WordPerfect of MS-Word to write a letter?

Have you ever read through the Linux kernel code or the code for the packages
on your system?  Okay, you _could_, but have you?  All of it?


> One of my great delights in using Linux (and Debian) is the capability
> to look at the source, step into the code, and possibly modify it if I
> choose.

That doesn't change the "free"ness of the software, though.  It just
affects how deep you can look into it.


> If I can't look at the source, it's not going onto my system.

Better pop those ROMs, then.
                                             
                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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