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

From: Matthias Kirschner <mk_AT_fsfe.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 22:06:30 +0200

* Sander van Dijk <a.h.vandijk_AT_gmail.com> [2008-05-20 18:23:43 +0200]:

> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Matthias Kirschner <mk_AT_fsfe.org> wrote:
> > Why do you think a user who gets DWM in a binary on some device knows a)
> > that this is DWM and b) knows that DWM is licensed under MIT? So this
> > user does not have the freedom to use, study, share and improve the
> > software.
>
> So now software is only free when each and every distributor is forced
> to educate his customers about all the wonderful things they are
> allowed to do with it?

For the record: I did not say that. Software is free, when the user has
the freedom to use, study, share and improve it.

> This is just another display of your misunderstanding of the concept
> "freedom". Really, buy a dictionary...

Thanks for the advise :)
Received on Tue May 20 2008 - 22:07:17 UTC

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