From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD, FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,25457a5aee9eaa04 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Received: by 10.68.234.38 with SMTP id ub6mr5338937pbc.2.1338616152107; Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:49:12 -0700 (PDT) Path: l9ni10109pbj.0!nntp.google.com!news2.google.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: darkestkhan Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Fuzzy machine learning framework v1.2 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 22:43:10 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: <4fc4fd1c$0$294$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <3MDSK83K41059.2087037037@reece.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.59.74.180 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1338616151 22615 127.0.0.1 (2 Jun 2012 05:49:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 05:49:11 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=193.59.74.180; posting-account=nuF4hQoAAADjc2KKS1rOkzxWWEmaDrvx User-Agent: G2/1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: 2012-06-01T22:43:10-07:00 List-Id: On Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:57:08 AM UTC, Hibou57 (Yannick Duch=C3=AAne) w= rote: > Le Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:25:50 +0200, darkestkhan a= =20 > =C3=A9crit: >=20 > > On Tuesday, May 29, 2012 9:00:32 PM UTC, Kulin wrote: > >> [...] > >> > And please stop with the name-calling. People are not liars simply > >> > because they don't agree with your definition of what freedom is. > >> > >> Freedom is a word that is well-defined. [...] > > > > Are you sure about this? > > define:freedom in google.com seems to disagree: > > free=E3=83=BBdom > > Noun > > 1. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without =20 > > hindrance or restraint. > > 2. Absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government. > > > > Dictionary.reference.com lists 5 (!) definitions of freedom > > > > thefreedictionary.com lists 11 definitions, among them: > > 3.a) Political independence. > > 4. Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition. > > 7. Frankness or boldness; lack of modesty or reserve. > > > > And as we can see they aren't semantically identical - freedom is not = =20 > > well defined word, so you can't say that Stallman is twisting the =20 > > meaning of word (especially that one of the synonyms of freedom is... = =20 > > license) >=20 > On the contrary, you gave good reasons to ask Stallman to stop asserting = =20 > this word belong to him and the GPL, and ask him to acknowledge others ar= e =20 > not less legitimate to have their own claims on what =E2=80=9Cfree=E2=80= =9D is. >=20 > --=20 > =E2=80=9CSyntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.=E2=80=9D [1] > =E2=80=9CStructured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.= =E2=80=9D [1] > [1]: Epigrams on Programming =E2=80=94 Alan J. =E2=80=94 P. Yale Universi= ty You mean like here=20 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#SoftwareLicenses ? MIT and BSD are free software licenses according to FSF so I don't see how = "this word belongs to GPL".