Manuals, software, programs (Re: Savannah rejects a project because it uses GPL)

[MJ Ray]

"Alfred M\. Szmidt" <ams at gnu.org>

>    > Program ::= binary data that can be executed by a computer.
>    > 
>    > Source code ::= Something that can be converted to binary data
>    >                 that can be executed by a computer (either in
>    >                 one, or several steps)
>    > 
>    > Software ::= Any of these two.
[...]
> Have you actually programmed an analogue computer?  You are changing
> the _hardware_ to make it do things, not software.  Please, if you are
> not interested in continuing this disucssion, stop sending stupid
> remarks like these.

The consequences seem stupid because those definitions are inconsistent
with reality. It was your definition of programs as a subset of software
which led to that contradiction. I don't hold much hope of reasonable
discussion with you, but highlighting your absurdity is worthwhile.