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Friday, November 18, 2005

Free Software and Catholic Doctrine

Here (thanks to Tomas Gomez-Arostegui) is an application of Catholic legal theory that had never occured to me:  In this article, "Free Software's Suprising Sympathy With Catholic Doctrine," Marco Fioretti argues both that the "Free Software" movement is consonant with Catholic teachings on work, education, and expression, but also that the Church should, as a "player" in the computer-world, operate in accord with that movement's norms.  Any thoughts?

https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2005/11/free_software_a.html

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