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Yep, and I remember Stallman saying that these exceptions are not desirable in a talk. Matthew Garrett certainly knows it and certainly wants that something is
by jraph 7y ago
Yep, and I remember Stallman saying that these exceptions are not desirable in a talk.
Matthew Garrett certainly knows it and certainly wants that something is done on the matter. Which could be good. However, the title implies a possible evolution of the definition of free software, but I just can't see that as conceivable.
That would be akin to change the definition of the prime numbers to exclude 1, breaking many demonstrations in the process ⸮
- lambertsimnel 7y ago> That would be akin to change the definition of the prime numbers to exclude 1 But one isn't prime: https://primes.utm.edu/notes/faq/one.html https://primes.utm.edu/notes/faq/one.html
- jraph 7y agoYes, that was ironic. 1 used to be prime for some time at some point in the past. I picked a mathematical definition that changed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Primality_of_one https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number#Primality_of_on...