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Like with most of RMSs terminology, I disagree with the dichotomy of developer vs user. Freedom 1 and 3 apply specifically to users who are or will become deve

Like with most of RMSs terminology, I disagree with the dichotomy of developer vs user. Freedom 1 and 3 apply specifically to users who are or will become developers. I believe what we actually want to talk about is publisher vs user/consumer instead of developer vs user. The FSF people really like their ambiguous terminology, unfortunately.

Karunamon 9y ago
It's an important distinction IMO. Roughly 99% of the GPL is irrelevant to the end user if they don't have all of the knowledge, desire, and time to crack open the code and modify it.
- digi_owl 9y ago
  Even if they themselves do not, they have the possibility of finding someone that does.
  - Karunamon 9y ago
    And that's the remaining 1% :)
digi_owl 9y ago
I an honestly not sure RMS would make such a distinction. It seems more like one that has grown in into being in more recent years, particularly with the rise of mobile and web.