Re: [fsf-community-team] Why should we talk about the freedom?

[Blaise Alleyne]

On 09-12-16 10:03 AM, Ted Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 23:06 +1300, Simon Bridge wrote:
> > really the four freedoms mainly apply to the freedom of programmers.
>
> the Four Freedoms, as I can recall them:
>
> [0] Freedom to use the software for any purpose
> [1] Freedom to study and modify the software to suit your needs
> [2] Freedom to share the software
> [3] Freedom to share modified versions of the software
>
> The only one of those that could be said to require any programming
> knowledge is [1].

Another way of framing the argument (which you made very well):

You don't need to be a journalist to benefit from the freedom of the press, 
neither do you need to be a programmer to benefit from software freedom.

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