On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 1:07 PM Bruce Perens via License-discuss < license-discuss@lists.opensource.org> wrote:
IMO the right to sequester "private modifications" went obsolete as soon as > there was SaaS. It's not in the OSD and I never considered it fundamental > to Free Software or Open Source. To the extent that Richard Stallman > believes it's a fundamental right, I think he's mistaken and needs to > modify his policy. > I can't agree with you there. It's the instantiation of Freedom One: "The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish." That includes changing it to incorporate your secret sauce that you use so that you can manufacture widgets better and more cheaply than anyone else, without being required to send those changes to your competitors on demand. It is the computer version of a trade secret. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan co...@ccil.org If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders. --Hal Abelson
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