Re: [dwm] Freedom (was: Re: sic ipv6 patch)

From: Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:48:04 +0200

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 04:32:01PM +0200, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
> Or perhaps better go away from the DWM case: How should a user know that
> there is "original Free Software" (like a BSD Kernel) in his router,
> mobile phone, car, digital camera, television, ...???? Or the nice photo
> application on the new TV?? Nobody tells them... they do not know the
> name, they might not even know that there is something like Free
> Software, and they might not know that there is something like Source
> Code. How should they find out that the original software provided them
> the four freedoms???

To be honest most users actually don't care, even if it is
mentioned.

Kind regards,

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 Anselm R. Garbe >< http://www.suckless.org/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
Received on Tue May 20 2008 - 16:48:04 UTC

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