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Best line in the post: Software must be made understandable. The essence of FOSS for me can be reduced to one fundamental computing right: the right to refuse
by etaioinshrdlu 8y ago
Best line in the post:
Software must be made understandable. The essence of FOSS for me can be reduced to one fundamental computing right:
the right to refuse to run, on my machines, code that I do not have the option to understand. That is it.
- zby 8y agoSounds good - but perhaps too general. With binary you also have 'option to understand' - it would just require a lot of work.
- TeMPOraL 8y agoTo me, those three sentences don't even fit together. You've always had "the right to refuse to run, on my machines, code that I do not have the option to understand". Nobody is forcing you to run any random piece of code you found on-line. You do that of your own accord. And if you screw this up, and that screwup affects other people, it's your fault. Simple as that.
- mannykannot 8y agoNot only have we always had this right, the rest of the article argues, correctly, that the option to understand the code you run does not solve the problem. It's like having the option to study before an exam.
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