Re: Fuzzy machine learning framework v1.2

["Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

Le Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:25:50 +0200, darkestkhan <darkestkhan@gmail.com> a  
écrit:

> 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・dom
> Noun
> 1. The power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without  
> 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  
> well defined word, so you can't say that Stallman is twisting the  
> meaning of word (especially that one of the synonyms of freedom is...   
> license)

On the contrary, you gave good reasons to ask Stallman to stop asserting  
this word belong to him and the GPL, and ask him to acknowledge others are  
not less legitimate to have their own claims on what “free” is.

-- 
“Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.” [1]
“Structured Programming supports the law of the excluded muddle.” [1]
[1]: Epigrams on Programming — Alan J. — P. Yale University