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There is no user's freedom, just programmer's freedom. The whole concept was created when software users were almost all programmers. If suddenly it become lega
by rimliu 8y ago
There is no user's freedom, just programmer's freedom. The whole concept was created when software users were almost all programmers. If suddenly it become legal to perform neurosurgery yourselves would you call that user's freedom?
- mikekchar 8y agoI would certainly want to be able to inspect the code of a pacemaker and modify it if I decided it was necessary. Performing neurosurgery on my self is not possible regardless of legality. However, if I was having neurosurgery and I was educated enough to understand, then I would definitely want to see what the surgeon was planning to do.
- smichel17 8y agoI'd buy that the freedoms to modify and share modifications are developer freedoms, but to use and share are certainly user freedoms.
- veridies 8y agoI'm not a very good coder, but I can hire someone to make whatever changes I need in a piece of free software. That's something I've seriously considered in the past, although it's never been quite important enough to me.
- flukus 8y agoI have no idea how to change the spark plug on my car, but the fact that it's possible means that I can I can either pay someone else to, ask a friend to or learn how to do it myself. User freedom is transferable.