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On 9/29/06, Bob Young <BYoung@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> That's a very shallow definition of the "essence of freedom," from the |
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> perspective of most end users, your scenario doesn't really change anything. |
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> From the end users perspective s/he is still dependent on someone else to |
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> make the changes. I wouldn't say having a choice of who to be dependent upon |
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> actually qualifies as "freedom." |
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But the user can also choose to not be dependant upon anybody. They |
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can choose to learn about programming and languages and fix it |
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themselves. If you say you have no interest in doing that, then you |
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are *choosing* to be dependant upon somebody, and now you have to pick |
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who to become dependant on. But that doesn't change the fact that you |
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can still choose to not be dependant on anybody. Sounds like |
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"freedom" to me... |
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> > It absolutely is just like a car, or a house, or anything else. If my |
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> > house could only be modified by the original builder, it would never |
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> > be modified -- I'd never even get a picture hung for want of being |
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> > able to put a nail in a stud. Now maybe I can't add a drawbridge to |
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> > my house myself, I can't do the welding or design, but my friend |
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> > could, and did. |
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> Analogies suck, software isn't a car, or a house, or anything else, it's |
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> software. If you can't make you're point without analogies, maybe you |
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> haven't thought it through clearly enough. |
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Yes, all analogies are imperfect by definition. But many people find |
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that creating analogies to other industries and products helps them |
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understand the issues. |
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> I consider the facts, and look at the reality of the situation, and decide |
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> for myself what opinion to take. |
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Fine. But why should someone who believes that the terms |
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"slaveryware" and "freedomware" are the most accurate reflection of |
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*their* opinion stop using the terms? |
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-Richard |
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