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Ismael Valladolid Torres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben Finney escribe: > > Careful. This doesn't distinguish programs from other intellectual > > creations; there is a huge amount of artistry in programming. > > Sure from a programmer's point of view, but just ask an artist who > knows something about programming which amount or artistry is there in > each one of the activities. Then, since you agree there is artistry in programming, and I didn't make any comparison of which has "more artistry", I ask you to stop presenting "artistic" as if it's a property that doesn't apply, or applies only insignificantly, to programs. > > All that's required to meet "source" [for a non-program work] is > > the preferred form of the work for making modifications. > > Again I agree but there exists "sampling" which is a way for making > modifications of existing material without the need of "source". Just > think about collage... I don't see your point here. Such activity would also be permitted under a free license, but the freedom to make *only* those types of changes would not be sufficient to call the license free. > > Programs, documentation, data, audio and images do not have clear > > dividing lines. They can all be represented digitally, they can > > all be interpreted in different categories depending on the need. > > But "artistry" can't be represented digitally so that's the bleeding > edge where efforts should stop. No one is attempting to encode "artistry" digitally and distribute it in Debian. Artistic software works, however, have *always* been distributed by Debian. Some of them are programs, some are documentation, some are data; some are several categories simultaneously, or at different times. All of them need to be licensed freely to be included in Debian. -- \ "I was born by Caesarian section. But not so you'd notice. It's | `\ just that when I leave a house, I go out through the window." | _o__) -- Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
