These type-in programs can actually generate quicker rises in popularity of the FSF and in total market share of GNU/Linux distributions as more and more people are introduced by such programs (or the experience of typing them) to the concept of free and open-source software. I mean, GNU/Linux's market share could potentially beat Microsoft Windows' (which is actually what the FSF hopes will happen, with "Upgrade from Windows 8").
-- Sent from my iPod > On Jan 26, 2015, at 4:12 PM, Ryan Cunningham <rvskmbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would also like the discussion on the GCC mailing list to end. The > discussion on /source/ code, however, should remain alive and well. > > Sorry for all the confusion. > > And by "type-in programs", I don't mean example programs like "Hello world" > programs. I mean real programs with real purpose. > > Programs written by freelance authors that program for a living, to > (hopefully) find a user base among even the newest of GNU/Linux users. > > One day we'll be able to type in programs like these that are encoded in > machine code. But that day is not now. For portability reasons, I'd prefer > source code for print publication. > > But, in case we ever reach that day, I won't modify my proposed GPL addendum > on this topic. > > This discussion is on a Bash mailing list, but for the same reason as above, > it could be possible that a type-in program is published in a source code > language, like C, that /compiles/ into machine language. In that case, it > would have to be typed into a text editor instead of a here-document (unless > your compiler supports reading input from here-documents). > > As I pointed out to Mr. Stallman, I'd like to encourage everyone who reads > these messages to spread the word about the idea. > > -- > Sent from my iPod > >> On Jan 26, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Ryan Cunningham <rvskmbr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> No, no, not on the Internet---I mean in a paper magazine, which Internet >> users can also get. >> >> I'd like the machine code discussion to end. >> >> -- >> Sent from my iPod >> >> On Jan 26, 2015, at 3:03 PM, Eduardo A. Bustamante López <dual...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> I am proposing this as a possible alternative or complement to publication >>>> on the Internet to take into account those without Internet access, though >>>> those *with* Internet access also get the benefit. >>> So you want to publish stuff on the Internet for people that don't have >>> access >>> to the Internet? Right. >>> >>> This all sounds like a waste of time. Don't type machine code. Also, in the >>> remote case that people will type machine code into their terminal, what >>> does >>> heredocs have to do with that? Bash doesn't understand machine code.
