On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 7:35 AM, mray <mail@mray.de> wrote:

On 17.12.2016 18:46, Charles Cossé wrote:
> What would that matter?
>

The question is "why would it not matter?"
Free Software seems like a sensible default.

 

Why would I ever *prefer* trusting my body/life with software that is a
secret to everybody but the manufacturer?
(Same with all kinds of transportation like cars, buses, planes,...)

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Another point which I'd like to discuss is: Where does FSF draw the line?  Are there not some instances where not revealing everything is alright?  We put our faith in closed systems every day, and software is just one type.  It seems like this same notion of freedom would/should apply everywhere, if it is real or universal, and not just to software. 

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html carefully.

E.g., nobody are "giving away their intellectual property" when releasing free software e.g. under the GPL.  And some of the main systems that govern your life actually *are* supposed to be transparent - e.g.. society, where you have various FOIA acts.

Note also that this mailing list is not organized by the FSF but by the FSFE, which is a different organization, thus questions about the FSF's stand on different subjects can't really be answered here. But the answers to the more basic points are at the gny.org/philosophy link.