FS#925 : [autoconf-archive]: using vague "freely" term in description

Status Closed
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Task Type Freedom Issue
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tobias
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Priority Medium
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Due in Version Milky Way v0.5
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Attached to Project: Packages
Opened by gnusupport - 08/06/2018
Last edited by tobias - 15/03/2022

FS#925 - [autoconf-archive]: using vague "freely" term in description

community/autoconf-archive 1:2017.03.21-1
    A collection of freely re-usable Autoconf macros

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable

Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.

Closed by tobias
15.03.2022 22:40
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing:

Done: https://git.hyperbola.inf o:50100/~team/packages/extra.git/commit/ ?h=throgh&id=6cf19fcf5addf3bd6abdfd0 c677c68c47d9cf7da