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Re: CALL FOR VOTES: First of two votes on social contract

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On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Brian White wrote:

> > But I want to maintain the "purity" of the main distribution - that's the
> > most important thing.
> 
> I don't see how the "purity" is affected by allowing software that cannot
> be redistributed in a modified form.  It's still free of cost and is freely
> redistributable in its original form.  Personally, I think that's sufficient.

"pure" means "100% free software". If we allow software that cannot be
redistributed in a modified form we are creating a "perverted" 
Linux-based GNU system.

Have you read "Why Software Should Not Have Owners" by Richard Stallman?

A small quote: 

    What does society need?  It needs information that is truly available
    to its citizens--for example, programs that people can read, fix,
    adapt, and improve, not just operate.  But what software owners
    typically deliver is a black box that we can't study or change.

Software which may not be redistributed in modified form allows
read and operate, stop. But not fix, adapt and improve, which are
*very* important freedoms also. It follows this way:

   Society also needs freedom.  When a program has an owner, the users
   lose freedom to control part of their own lives.

I use Linux because I like to have the control of my own computer...

You can read the entire text in /usr/lib/emacs/19.34/etc/WHY-FREE
if you have emacs installed. It's very interesting.

Regards,

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