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I agree with all this:) I also enjoyed the article, "free as in baby" is a great phrase. At the same time I think it's important to note that the entropy analo
by seagreen 10y ago
I agree with all this:) I also enjoyed the article, "free as in baby" is a great phrase.
At the same time I think it's important to note that the entropy analogy is just an analogy. Software is not actually subject to the laws of entropy (at least no more than a book or a poem is). Sure, often we want to change programs for various reasons -- that's not entropy.
Most fields have to deal with actual entropy -- the fact that we don't should be super exciting. See chubot's adject comment for just some of the things this makes possible.