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Interview with Dr. Villanueva
cigarky writes "I think many of us were very impressed by the recent letter of Peruvian Congressman Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez. Linux Today has a followup interview with more in-depth information."
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Any chance he'd be willing to run for President in the U.S. in 04?
You are not the customer.
The "subsciption model" for software just won't work. There will be a lot of resistance to move from a "buy once" model to a scheme where licenses must be periodically renewed, or a "pay per use" model.
Microsoft is just trying to extract the extra buck from consumers, which is natural for most corporations. But when your software costs hundreds per copy, people will resist.
I am the evil aardvark!
politician. Oh wait he wouldn't have been elected. We need George Walker to tell us who to vote for.
Everytime I see a non planned speech by GW I feel like I'm watching an episode of the Osbournes. Sad really.
When you hear people complaining that free (as in beer) software is going to cost programmers jobs or cut their salary, or that free software will send us into an economic tailspin, remember this: Both free (as in speech) and free (as in beer) software are making technological revolutions possible in places where it just couldn't happen otherwise. And you can bet that we're going to see good stuff (more software!) starting to flow back the other way.
Says the RIAA: When you EQ, you're stealing bass!
Today it was announced Stallman is boycotting linuxtoday.com until it changes its name to the "correct" gnulinuxtoday.com and now recoomends everyone use Windows in protest until this change is made across the GNU/Linux world!
Need to check your understanding of Spanish surnames. Article is correct.
If every Slashdot reader wrote him in on the ballot, he would end up with more votes than Ross Perot.
Oh yes, the Peruvian Congressman's letter, how could I forget?
It reminded me a lot of that recent Mexican treatice on excellent no-background slashdot subject descriptions.
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I think this recent post would reasure not only Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez position but the rest of the Open Source advocates that a secure OS is needed. Would you install a OS when it's creators tell you it is not secure?
If you could sum it up in a nutshell, maybe you should be writing O'Reily books. --- Domasi 2001
How did i know this was coming..oh i knew it and called it first here!
I can see this security comment happen over and over again...sigh..
when we get the EU DMCA... It has nice climate, nice pepole and nice laws... special dose about OS
Is the text of the Bill proposed by Dr. Villanueva available on-line in English?
I'd like to see their definition of free software.
DNA is the ultimate spaghetti code.
More important point: I am glad he wrote the letter; I can now explain to all my friends in México why Linux is important by having them read the original Spanish version of his letter.
- Sam
The secret to enjoying Slashdot is to realize that it should not be taken too seriously.
What intrigues me about the entire software industry, is that they charge relatively different prices around the work. In Europe, a copy of XP is maybe 1 week of average pay. In inner Africa, a copy of XP runs well into the months. Asking companies there to pay full price is plain ridiculous. When I'm rich and famous at 35, I'll go to Africa to teach them how to unleash the then awe-inspiring power of the Penguin. Hopefully, I'll be many years too late.
Stop the brainwash
And, to further supplement my correction of your screwup, 31 in base 16 does not equal 25 in base ten, but 31 in base 8 does.
You really, really need to check over your jokes. Copy it correctly next time, and you will get upvoted by me!
I didn't see an interview.
To ensure perfect aim, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target
It's amusing that the US thinks of themselves and Europe as the only foward areas of the globe.
Look at Peru. Though a little fascist, look at Brasil. Wonderful places, forward thinking. Let's hope the US doesn't bomb the fuck out of them for MIcrosoft.
> Would you install a OS when it's creators tell you it is not secure? It is precisely *because* people are willing to accept that Linux (and no software) is totally secure, that I use it. Would you install an OS when it's creators tell you it IS secure, but they keep releasing "critical updates"?
J'aime mieux les méchants que les imbéciles, parce qu'ils se reposent. -- Alexandre Dumas
I think he meant to mess up :P
What I'm concerned about, is why you think the error is that Hex isn't a month: I'd say the math error is far worse for a nerd than messing up something as trivial as the identifiers for 0..11
Be wary of any facts that confirm your opinion.
from the CIA World Factbook
Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadores in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1824. After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980, but experienced economic problems and the growth of a violent insurgency. President Alberto FUJIMORI's election in 1990 ushered in a decade that saw a dramatic turnaround in the economy and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity. Nevertheless, the president's increasing reliance on authoritarian measures and an economic slump in the late 1990s generated mounting dissatisfaction with his regime. FUJIMORI won reelection to a third term in the spring of 2000, but international pressure and corruption scandals caused him to resign in November of that year. A caretaker government oversaw new elections in the spring of 2001, which ushered in Alejandro TOLEDO as the new head of government.
Since most of us don't vote in Peru, all of us in the OSS community should pay special attention to any requests for tech assistance from Peruvian sources.
Spread the word.
Let's hope that some day they will get rid of the .asp bit, and implement PHP instead ! :)
... they change the name of the country to GNU/Peru (or PerGNU).
More coverage on this entire topic here
You rush a Miracle Man, you get rotten miracles - Miracle Max, TPB
of it's original bang. Seriously, I hope someday we can look back on this as a defining moment in the history of the open source movement... wouldn't that be cool? Even cooler, to be able to tell your grandkids, "Yep, I was there and here's what I did..."
/. never mind), every time I read the letter I get the urge to shout "Viva la revolucion!" ;)
Okay, and at the risk of offending any tender PC sensitivities out there (whoops, this is
This is all a real blow to my cynicism.
People say "the internet will change the way the world works!" and I say "yeah, right", because people who say that sort of thing (often involving the non-word "paradigm") don't even know what a packet is. "It's shifted the whole paradigm for the sex movie industry", I say derisively.
Well, this, and by this I mean the whole imbroglio where Dr. Villanueva is now the cause celebre of the open source movement, could never have happened without all that international packet switching, and the culture that has grown up around it, and this is very significant.
This isn't a fake economic event - like stock quotes. This isn't a manufactured cultural event with no social or political relevance - like the pop music we're swapping. This isn't the sophistry of most modern political news which is nothing more than the latest lies to promote your own self interest.
This is real and genuine and the internet has made it possible.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
When this story broke. A lot of people made comments like: ' I wish we had government officials who were as clueful.' I took that as a clue to write to my elected reps and fill them in on the scoop and also mandate that free software be used over proprietary here in the U.S. You should consider doing the same. Let us make our reps accountable for the IT infrastructure used to do governement business.
While this AC uses florid, if correct, English, (s)he speaks as though (s)he is Peruvian. Is this correct? Perhaps AC hasn't read the Congressman's letter? If AC is referring to the same Dr. Villanueva, would AC like to cite specifics, and perhaps links to news stories that explain his/her seemingly bizzare comments? Who, specifically, are the persons of "impeccable character" who were "smear[ed]" by his comments? I missed the "invectives," and the "gnosticism." Is it a "conflation of reckless psychics" to say that a nation state should not trust a 'black box' system for national security? Particularly if the 'black box' is produced by a massive, foreign corporation with a track record of criminal behavior and negligence with regards to security? Perhaps AC would like to explain the reference to "the most vulnerable in our society"? I think that it is far more likely that AC is an employee or stockholder of MS than Michael Moore.
Its been a long while, so it might not be so, but isn't Villanueva Pippi Longstockings house?
There isn't much like the scent of a fresh harddisk
I wish this guy was an element in the US government. Instead, we're stuck with Fritz "Freling" Hollings' caricature of how technology can / should be used to serve his supposed constituents. Which is laughable at best, since it seems to be more focused on eviscerating digital rights /privacy and handing them out to corporations wholesale.
Good to see digital democracy is alive and well in Peru. Sorry I can't say the same about things back home, though........
The Doctor's letter is more than impressive. His point by point rebuttal of Microsoft's falacies was both thorough and consise. He clearly called out the internal contradictions that are so common in Microsoft's arguments. I was stunned by how well he made his points. For anyone who hasn't read it, regardless of your position on the issue, you should.
Lets see......posted as AC....hummmm! Either M$ employee or M$ investor. I recommend you dump your M$ interests and get over it.
Yeah, but I didn't catch that error until I read through it a second time. =( I'm slacking, I know.
I did, however, post that correction just after my first. =D
Villanueva was once invited to an event in Columbia where he was to meet with the Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman, and to his great disappointment this event had to be cancelled.
They refused to re-name the country GNU/Columbia.
Karma: Professionally Doomed (mostly affected by inability to keep opinions to self)
How about a Slashdot interview with this guy? I haven't know many politicians to shy from another couple million eyeballs regarding their pet project, even if it comes from non-constituents.
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'cos I'll be jiggered if I can figure out how to get any international characters out of my Linux box w/ a US 101-key.
You pussy.
Unlikely. SlashDot readers don't vote because voting is for losers. They prefer to play fascist video games on their computers.
Last time I checked, Peru was in America.
I catch the most disturbing Bush sayings simply watching CSPAN. Not sound bytes. And in case you missed it Bush only won the electorate not the popular vote. Pathetic really. I'm surprised you didn't try to blame the terrorist attacks on Clinton. Besides 7 years of growth and prosperity is enough for any nation. We had to get back to fucking the poor for the benefit of the rich. BTW I probably pay more in taxes than you make a year and have no problem with social problems. That is because I'm not a hypocrite about say one thing and do another like the Christian Right.
Saying: "Help thy neighbor"
Reality: Give the rich a unnecessary tax cut so the VP won't have to pay as much in taxes after he leaves office for another "pay back of favors" job. Cut social programs because they are just lazy.
It's easy to be Republican when your on your high horse. I sure hope you never need any of those social programs (medicare, medicaid, social security...) because everyone knows social programs are evil and just promote laziness. God forbid helping someone in need. Maybe your grandparents or parents should give up their social security checks and medicare benefits. Oh yeah, that's right noone is for social programs until they need help.
Villanueva's bill
Would make the state use Linux
Hooray for Peru
If you are oversensitive, then it's because you obviously have some sort of vested interest in posting difamatory material as you do. I won't say you work for Microsoft but I will ask you where on earth you get your claim that Villanueva doesn't value human life and believes it to be expendable? I will also ask you on what you base your claim that he is spreading hatred and malice when it seems that that is more what you are doing? In addition to this I would ask you on what you base your claim that he is making the lives of the sick, old, disabled and unemployed miserable, since, judging from everything I've read about this man and looking at his origions and his work in improving the computing access in a region with extremely limited financial means, this is exactly the opposite of what he is trying to do.
Finally, i would ask you who you are?
If you're so desperate to throw a vote to some foreign guy based on only one of his stances, you might want to look up politicians who have similar agendas at home, like Ralph Nader. He has been keeping up with the issue.
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Bleah! Heh heh heh... BLEAH BLEAH!!! Ha ha ha ha...
It will not solve the problems you talk of but consider this:
Having access to the internet enables those people to exchange information, a process invaluable in terms of solving problems and sharing experiences.
It enables people to find cheaper practical ideas to the problems of getting clean water, roofing, medical aid etc which they might not have known about earlier.
It enables people to gather and process statistics, one of the oldest computing tasks, which is invaluble in helping them to see their problems as a whole.
It helps them to learn, and enables them to get access to learning materials which they possibly could not otherwise do.
I have a B.A. in economics and finance. Read up on Public Finance and derived benefit from public goods. Then come talk. Typical Republican bullshit following: "Tax cuts help the poor". Hate to tell you this but my father makes around 900k to 1200k per year and all he does is spend the same amount he would if he made 100k per year. So that is not helping job growth. He invests in companies (mutual funds) and bonds. So you are trying to tell me there is a direct relationship between his 500k divided by 1000 (assuming he's that diversified) and the new hires at IBM? Not at all. Reinvesting in already issued stock does nothing for "jobs" as you say it gives a slight upward push to the stock price. However, since it is in such small portions (spread out evenly) there is no growth as you call it.
The way to help is to bring those needing help to the level of those not. Believe it or not most people do not want to be on welfare. However the few abusers get all the publicity.
A perfect example is the state I live in. Most people are Republican because they cannot see the simple fact that we are a subsidized by the federal government. We pay in about 1/4 the benefit we receive. This is of course of no concern to the people who are receiving this federal gift.
Everyone wants something for nothing. Just have the balls to live up to what you believe. I believe giving people a helping hand is good. I believe medical care for all is good. I believe greed is a dead end way to live. I am a socialist however. Bet you thought I was a democrat. lol.
Just move to any US inner city. You'll feel right at home.
If you're not a Liberal in your 20's, then you have no heart.If you're still a Liberal in your 30's you have no brain.
I don't know if I'm imagining it but everytime Villanueva's name turns up here on /. the anti-OSS trolling increases to a fevered pitch.
It seems as if opponents of this bill are very, very scared of the snowball effect that it could have. Peru is a poor country and is one of many on this earth. While I doubt that many of those countries have leaders that are as interrested in the wellbeing of their populace or as well articulated, I think there would be enough to see the benefits of a law such as this one, especially if it makes a notable difference in the IT landscape in Peru. Certain companies will certainly try to use dubious methods to try to silence efforts such as this, because it leaves them out in the cold, or did anyone think that poor countries had any possibility of expending their IT knowhow in any other manner?
The Slashdot crowd should petition their own representatives to have a similar bill pass in the US Congress. Most of these government officials can't make an intelligent decision if their lives depended on it. Just look at California and Oracle. Similar things are going on all over with Microsoft. Just look at their jack-booted attack of the Seattle school system. It's high time we said enough with these corrupt monopolies.
What do you mean by never been robbed? I think Nader and Buchanan are nuts. GW and Gore are morons as well. We have no good candidates due to our corrupt form of political selection based on Advertisement not Issues.
American Citizens first, lol. I guess you're Native American? What tribe?
Could you perhaps be the same person who posted that other diffamatory note with the title "Why I don't like Villanueva"? In any case you are doing yourself an extreme disservice. Almost everybody believes that you are from Microsoft and asks why you are posting such stuff here? I would also belive that most people here see this kind of post as Fear on the part of Microsoft.
But I don't see how that is relevant at all. Lol, fag, what is this 1980?
Of course you wouldn't want to ruin your precious Karma for slander such as "fag". How insightful. BTW my father is a Republican too. He just hasn't seen the light yet.
Did you know Einstein was a socialist too? Bet he's more intelligent than your precious GW.
grow up
...I think you mean "defamatory", there's no such word as "diffamatory"...
You was in Peru before?? I think you only see a lot of stupid movies, Peru has the same problems of any country around the world, tell me... no murders in your country???
:P
We has a big problem in the past with terrorism, but not anymore, terrorist movements like Sendero Luminoso and MRTA dont exist anymore.
I live in Lima and Im so happy, I dont have to pay to any guard
We are making a lot of activism here (http://www.linux.org.pe)
:)
Saludos
- Slayer_X
http://www.slayerx.org/
Lima
u can check it at here
regards
The US government, fustrated with vendor-lock-in and the national-security fact that they 'didn't know what was in their software' specifically stipulated that all future programs written for the state by contractors will be written in "human comprehendable COBOL". This was in the late 1950s. . .
.anyone wish to comment on it? It seems to have the same pretense as the Peruvian Bill but was enacted all wrong (aka forcing a language). . .
I was reading this in a computer history book recently. .
...follow suit.
MS South Africa has just
(http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=11 and about being able to compete in the global market.
...weaned, as it were, on the webs of ritual... (Mervyn Peake)
Is there a Nobel Prize for Open Source yet? This guy should get the first one.
Height: 38U, Weight: 0 Newtons, Eyes: #0000FF, OS: Gray Matter 1.0 (Alpha)
You could use HTML mode and type in the ASCII markup: Núñez (Núñez).
Digital Citizen
Not only is the kernal important, the whole GNU/Linux system is important too, since we're talking about naming in this thread (and since the letter we're referring to correctly refers to the name for the system).
Digital Citizen
what does this mean? yeah i know i'm another ignoarant yank.
-- john
The problem with "free" is a problem in English, not other languages where the difference between price and liberty are clear. The FSF offers a list of translations to use for Free Software when speaking other languages so people understand you're not talking about price (yes, I know the link points to a term on "Freeware", that's where they put it because the list answers another question relating to the term "Freeware").
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they want to save us from, how could they not come leaping to save us?
this link was posted by someone, below the interview at LinuxToday,
http://www.vialibre.org.ar/lessdeveloped.html
it details some of the penalties being threatened by the BSA down south. Apparently some of the BSA's advertising is using the thought of prison rape as deterrent.
how can they possibly know if you're not guilty if you don't have a receipt?
-- it's ridiculous how many people misspell ridiculous... (damn, damn, damn...)
We _really_ need to make sure that when this bill passes, the OSS/FS communities make sure that the project gets all the help it needs!! We can't let this project even hit a small snag, let alone fail.
Face it, with the attention that this is getting, if anything goes wrong, M$ is going to jump down our throats about it. This is the poster child project for the whole movement. It's going to be looked at by the whole world as an example of what happens when you go the Free software route, therefore we can't let it fail.
Please help make sure that the project goes as smoothly as is possible. Thanks in advance.
So cutting taxes and running deficit is somehow better than the govt not borrowing from people to fund necessary activities. For example, we (the govt) pay around 1/2 of the total tax collections annually on the interest on the debt alone. So you're telling me that keeping the trillions of dollar debt is better than keeping taxes higher, paying off the debt and starting anew. Granted this would take 30-35 years but after retiring the debt interest rates would be around 2-3%, the highest tax bracket (still assuming progressive) would be 18-20%. So planning for next week is more important than next year? Not at all. I pay an enormous amount in taxes (more actually than my father due to the fact he owns his own companies). However, I am not burdened by this so called "huge tax burden" placed on the rich and middle class. My boss doesn't even bitch about the 1 to 2 million in taxes he pays yearly because it means he is making money. Simply put you dont pay taxes unless you make money. I referenced public goods because I wasn't sure you knew what the hell you were talking about. I guess you do (although simply referencing others work is arguably not coming to your own conclusions).
Bringing down to poverty is one of the funniest quotes i've heard. How did the US get out of the great depression? Cutting taxes? How about after Bush Version 1.0 left office (when a college guy couldn't find a fucking job at Taco Bell for christs sake). How about sharing for the greater good. How many cars does one need? Houses? Planes? There comes a point where the greater good can be achieved by working together instead of apart. Show me anything in private industry that can match the goverment in providing for the people. Actually a properly implemented system of socialism brings everyone up to the same level (see Sweden).
lol, although it's not the same. My 64 1/2 mustang cost 2321 in 1964 my 1998 mustang cost 17975 and has a smaller engine! My wifes Jag is not open for discussion (damn woman, economics says avoid expensive, high maintenance wife).
Here you can read the text of the bill (in Spanish):
Bill 1609
Rather small doc I must add. Quick and to the point I suppose.
(aka Forcing a language)
Also known as forcing a language? Methinks you have a wierd and wonderful language where you live, if enacting a bill all wrong = forcing a language.
The Bill's chance of succeeding grows as international momentum builds behind them. That momentum can certainly help, Villanueva added, as those within Perú and without can help by writing articulate letters to any number of agencies in Perú, including Congressmen, the Commission of Education, and the Consumer Protection Commission, on both the freedoms of open source and the practical nature of how the Bill might benefit Perú, its government, its people, and its technology industry.
This troll floats effortly from science to religion to ethics and the law. I can't remember the last time I saw someone criticised as a heritic (gnostic here). There is no story behind the troll.
Has anyone made sure that the plaintiff lawyers know about Dr. Villanueva's original letter? Wouldn't that be a great response to Microsoft's recent claim that secrecy is needed to protect people from Windows? Our own Government, too, should follow the Peruvian example!
This is the funniest thread I have read in awhile. I think sometimes people take things too seriousl. This is an obvious attempt at humor. If I only had mod points...
"Kidnappings, murders, armed robberies, and drug-related "
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Yea right.. and people do not get killed, kidnaped, and robed in *your* city right?
Just a few facts about Peru to enlighten you:
Peru is as safe (and dangerous) as any major city in the world. Terrorist wackos were pretty much wiped out in the 90's and now is not any worse than here in the US. (I've been there)
Since the 90's Peru has been a leader on creating internet access for the unwealthy masses.
Peru was one of the first countries on the world to set up "public internet cabins" on small villages where anyone can freely access the internet for less than a buck an hour.
Believe me it is a surreal experience to access (via fiber cable from end to end of the country) the web or your email on a "cibercabin" (many times runing linux beacuse it runs on cheaper CPU's )located inside a 100 years old adobe building on a *very* small fishing village with dirt streets not to different than what it looked 100 years ago.
Outside of computers
Peru also produces some of the best beer in the world and to acompain that beer just gaze to the west to see 1000 miles of magnificent white sand beaches with fantastic surfing (as seen on surfer magazine) or turn to the east to admire gigantic snow caped peaks (>20k feet tall) on the andes that are the envy of rock climbers around the world.
If you want more, drive four hours thru the mountains and get lost on the amazon jungle with the most incredible flora and fauna you can imagine.
If you care about the past fly a couple of hours and visit Cuzco and Machu Pichu, capital of the inca empire and archeological treasure of the world.
What else do you want?
Food? is great *and* cheap (the sea food is to die for)
weather? in the coast from 55 to 100 all year round..
No tornados, no huracains.. maybe a little earthquacke here and there..
If you do not believe me.. open your mind, move your butt, leave the bube you live in and go yourself. (plus help the local economy with your $$)
Hmm, GNU/Peru. Has a nice ring to it and it even rhymes.
SBC has HDSL for our T-1 and we are cutting over to a new network. Great discussion however. To summarize, you dont like taxes and aren't for helping people by paying for it. I'm for helping people (whether they deserve it or not) and paying more taxes. Simply put there is little to argue about b/c neither of us is stupid enough to run for office. Have you looked at the relationship to crime and the economy? Australia is a perfect example of that. They took all the criminals (well maybe not all, they had to keep some politicians) and moved them to Auzzie land. Next thing you know they can make an honest living.
Our system is setup to keep the status quo. Not to help everyone achieve regardless of circumstance. If you truly believe we are in a fair system fake your resume (in whatever field you're in) and simply send a 60 year old black woman to the interview. I will bet 1000000 to 1 that no matter what she would not be hired for the same position they would hire you for. Until that cannot be said we need social programs. But then again why try to make the world fair when no one actually wants it that way.
Later, thanks for the discussion (even though it was -1 the whole time!).
Rob C
The third LinuxToday response links this native Argentine article (in English) which is less professional but in its own way even more telling than Villaneuva's response.
Read some of the explanations of the motivation behind much software `piracy' in `less developed' countries and weep. Imagine, for example, paying more for a base copy of your OS than you did for your new hardware!
Got time? Spend some of it coding or testing
It means whatever you want it to mean. I seem to remember it being some sort of bastardization of "Jinkies" from Scooby-Doo, but it could just as easily be a real word with a real definition that I heard once that slipped into my vocabulary.
Typing the keystroke sequences you listed does different things in different programs. For example, Alt-A is the standard keystroke for "select all" and does exactly that if you try it in Netscape. In emacs, alt-A does something completely different.
There is no keystroke standardization in X. I don't even think X itself does anything to trap keystrokes whatsoever - just windowmanagers and any other programs you have running. 's one of the most *ahem* beautiful *ahem* things about GNU/Linux - absolutely NO user interface standardization, and no way for a user to create it without modifying the source code to every piece of program he or she has.
No, it doesn't (and your point is not well served by pointing out how the letter starts off by correcting the use of that term). The Open Source movement is primarily targetting businesses. The Free Software movement speaks to all computer users. The Peruvian bill speaks to all Peruvian computer users, not just businesses. This is one way in which the wording in the letter is correct.
The bill is concerned with user's freedoms. The Open Source movement takes pains to avoid talking about software freedom because they believe their development methodology message will go over easier with businesses if they stop the freedom talk (in their FAQ they refer to freedom talk as "ideological tub-thumping" with no further analysis of the Free Software movement's motives). This is another way in which the wording in the letter is correct.
I see now where your misunderstanding lies: There is no obligation to redistribute programs in the Free Software movement. The Free Software movement is geared around freedoms you need in "the system of free expression in a technological society" (from the FSF's Amicus brief for Eldred v. Ashcroft). Nowhere in the Free Software definition is there a requirement to distribute Free Software. Quite to the contrary:
Software licenses requiring publication or notification are non-free (such as the APSL, the Apple Public Source License, which requires any modified version of APSL-covered software "deployed" in an organization must be published).
Exactly—users must have the right to do so. That's freedom talk which is totally synonymous with the Free Software movement, not the Open Source movement.
I think any reasonable person has to conclude that Dr. Villanueva knew what he was talking about and he meant what he said throughout the letter, including his repeated support for Free Software.
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