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I contribute to the FSF and agree with the sentiment, but the text has a very opinionated tone and I would prefer to see the author's name and title with the te
by jacob019 8y ago
I contribute to the FSF and agree with the sentiment, but the text has a very opinionated tone and I would prefer to see the author's name and title with the text.
- classichasclass 8y agoI'm gonna guess rms. I think proprietary software certainly has much potential for harm, particularly when it's unmaintained or defective by design, but that's kind of a jump to get to outright malicious. I think most people would define malware in that sense.
- ISL 8y agoMy general impression is that RMS' definition of malware is anything that is bad, by any measure, for the user. Mal, bad, in the latin.