Comments on: Multiple people work on multiple avenues of freedom simultaneously http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/11/09/multiple-people-work-on-multiple-avenues-of-freedom-simultaneously/ Free Software movement news and related interests. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/11/09/multiple-people-work-on-multiple-avenues-of-freedom-simultaneously/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Anonymous Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:06:38 +0000 http://www.digitalcitizen.info/?p=566#comment-2723 To look at it in a slightly different way: as software engineers, we have the ability to work on Free Software. Most of us can't easily work on Free Hardware, Free Music, Free Movies, and so on, because we don't have the necessary skills. Electrical engineers can work on Free Hardware, musicians can work on Free Music, and in general those with a talent in an area can work for freedom in that area. Naturally we should all collaborate whenever we can, ensuring common standards and interoperability; for instance, we want Free Software compilers and operating systems to target Free Hardware, and we want Free Software to provide tools musicians can use to make Free Music. Perhaps someday we will all print our own circuits and other objects with a RepRap, driven by Free Software running on Free Hardware built by another RepRap. Meanwhile, we can all work to ensure freedom in the area of our expertise. To look at it in a slightly different way: as software engineers, we have the ability to work on Free Software. Most of us can’t easily work on Free Hardware, Free Music, Free Movies, and so on, because we don’t have the necessary skills. Electrical engineers can work on Free Hardware, musicians can work on Free Music, and in general those with a talent in an area can work for freedom in that area. Naturally we should all collaborate whenever we can, ensuring common standards and interoperability; for instance, we want Free Software compilers and operating systems to target Free Hardware, and we want Free Software to provide tools musicians can use to make Free Music.

Perhaps someday we will all print our own circuits and other objects with a RepRap, driven by Free Software running on Free Hardware built by another RepRap. Meanwhile, we can all work to ensure freedom in the area of our expertise.

]]> By: db0 http://www.digitalcitizen.info/2008/11/09/multiple-people-work-on-multiple-avenues-of-freedom-simultaneously/comment-page-1/#comment-2722 db0 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:22:52 +0000 http://www.digitalcitizen.info/?p=566#comment-2722 Thanks for the reply and the comment. There seems to be a little problem with the comment system I am using so I can't reply to you immediately and others might not be able to see your comment. Hopefully this will be fixed soon and I will reply as soon as I have some more time. Cheers! Thanks for the reply and the comment. There seems to be a little problem with the comment system I am using so I can’t reply to you immediately and others might not be able to see your comment.
Hopefully this will be fixed soon and I will reply as soon as I have some more time.

Cheers!

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