| A free software should provide freedom to the user | to do anything they wish. There is freedom. It's the same freedom that allows the root user to `dd` ov

| A free software should provide freedom to the user | to do anything they wish. There is freedom. It's the same freedom that allows the root user to `dd` over the master boot record on a Linux install. People tell you to shy away from it because you can shoot yourself in the foot, not because it's not possible. Look into git-filter-branch for wholesale rewriting of commits.