Imagine a castaway on a desert island with a solar-powered computer. This would make it impossible to fulfill any requirement to make changes publicly available or to send patches to some particular place. This holds even if such requirements are only upon request, as the castaway might be able to receive messages but be unable to send them. To be free, software must be modifiable by this unfortunate castaway, who must also be able to legally share modifications with friends on the island.
On peut dire que ce n'est « que » le point de vue de Debian, mais c'est assez largement accepté en pratique.
[^] # Re: Étonnant
Posté par MrLapinot (site web personnel) . En réponse au journal Contributions à Gnome. Évalué à 6.
The Desert Island test.
Imagine a castaway on a desert island with a solar-powered computer. This would make it impossible to fulfill any requirement to make changes publicly available or to send patches to some particular place. This holds even if such requirements are only upon request, as the castaway might be able to receive messages but be unable to send them. To be free, software must be modifiable by this unfortunate castaway, who must also be able to legally share modifications with friends on the island.
On peut dire que ce n'est « que » le point de vue de Debian, mais c'est assez largement accepté en pratique.