I agree, but many free software activists want to be able to view the source code with a simple code text editor. This is what developer without knowledge about Smalltalk ask me. Any way this is just an option to view the source code and I don't see how it can hurt.
Hilaire
2009/10/27 Bert Freudenberg bert@freudenbergs.de:
On 27.10.2009, at 03:51, Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
2009/10/26 Bert Freudenberg bert@freudenbergs.de:
It is wrong to write "These files can be edited from any text editor" because this does not affect the system except for breaking source browsing.
No, it is not wrong from the access to source code dude point of view.
There is a huge difference between editing and viewing.
To be considered Free Software you need to be able not only to study a program, but to be able to change its behavior. That's GNU's software freedom #1:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Editing the sources or changes file in any text editor does not change Etoys' behavior.
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