Re: [fink-core] Running Octave from Fink?

[edmund r. <edm...@gm...>]

Richard,

On the whole, free software has thrived, as Gnu/Linux shows. But I do think
that we need a new version of the GPL which takes into account a world in
which software is used to crosscompile to devices.

As for the  iDevice lockdown, reasonably we cannot hope to rouse the public
to reject the iThings themselves, that would be as likely as causing
children to reject toys, but we could probably temper any attempt to
exploit criminal law here in Europe to lock them down. As geeks many of us
have academic credibility, and in Europe at least that is still a strong
currency in public discourse. Without criminal law to dissuade the owners
of the devices, the locks on devices themselves are all that secures them,
and experience has shown that anyone motivated can usually break into their
own devices.

Last, not least, I do think that the FSF's positions have proven very
effective in the past. However, Apple is now a fight you cannot afford to
continue to evade.

Edmund


On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 1:45 AM, Richard Stallman <rm...@gn...> wrote:

> Apple does not care what we say, but we can rouse the public to
> reject the iThings.
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