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| Software: Software is a set of instructions, data, or programs that are used to operate computers and carry out particular activities. It is the antithesis of hardware, which refers to a computer's external components. See also Computers, Computer programming, Hardware. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Richard Stallman on Software - Dictionary of Arguments
Zittrain I 77 Software/Stallman/Zittrain: Free software satisfies Richard Stallman’s benchmark “four freedoms”: freedom to run the program, freedom to study how it works, freedom to change it, and freedom to share the results with the public at large.(1) >Open Source Software. 1. GNU, The Free Software Definition, http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html (last visited May 16, 2007). This definition should not be confused with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. See Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, Annual Message to Congress (“Four Freedoms Speech”) (Jan. 6, 1941), in 87 Cong. Rec. 44, 46—47 (1941), available at http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=70&page=pdf_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Stallman, Richard Zittrain I Jonathan Zittrain The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It New Haven 2009 |
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