<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Jay Lozier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jslozier@gmail.com" target="_blank">jslozier@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Exellent though I would add a formal fifth freedom (-1)<br>
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-1 Users have the right to a full copy of the human readable source code. This precondition is implied but I would prefer to state it explicitly.<br>
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The Rest as Ed stated.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>RMS actually. <br><br></div><div>(That's Richard M. Stallman for those who don't recognize the initials - Founder of GNU and recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant for GNU, and effectively the grandfather of Linux.)<br>
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0 The freedom to run the program, for any purpose <br>
1 The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish.<br>
2 The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.<br>
3 The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others. <br><div><div class="h5">
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On Tue, 2013-10-15 at 09:18 -0400, Edward Holcroft wrote: <br>
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I smell a troll, but I'll take the bait anyway.<br>
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"There is nothing free about free software." <br>
<br clear="all"></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><i><i><i><i><br></i></i></i></i>Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.<br>
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br><i><i><i><i><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i></div>
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