Free software and world heritage
Paolo Gianrossi
1999s079 at educ.disi.unige.it
Thu Feb 27 13:27:42 UTC 2003
Andreas K. Foerster writes:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 11:35:51PM +0100, BenoƮt Sibaud wrote:
>
> > APRIL and FSF Europe set up a working group to have Free Software
> > classified as an intangible world cultural heritage by UNESCO.
>
> What does "intangible" mean?
> I thought, it was one of the basics, that free software may be
> modified.
Intangible means "not material", that you cannot touch.=20
Here, in the actual sense: you cannot actually touch software, with you=
r
hands.. Although you can modify it.
Hope this helps
paolino
>
> This term can arise missunderstandings, so you should be a little more
> precise.
>
> --
> Tschuess
> Andreas
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