Re: GNOME and the free software movement

["Lucas Rocha" <lucasr at mundo gmail com>]

Hi,

2006/11/27, Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>:
> Freedoms 1 and 3, the freedom to study and change the source and the
> freedom to distribute modified versions, involve programming.  People
> can exercise them only to the extent of their programming skill.  But
> when others change the program and release a modified version, you can
> then install it if you think it is better, even if you don't know how
> to program.

Just a complementary argument: Freedoms 1 and 3 not necessarily
involve programming. l10n work doesn't involve programming and is
essential for users, specially if they're from cultures/places that
are not targeted by usual software companies.

My 0,000002 cents! ;-)

--lucasr