Is the command line the only way to free software?

[richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Richard Pieri)]

On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:24 PM, Lim, Seung Chan wrote:
> 
> Well, let me rephrase my question.... By "free software" I mean how
> software can give us the freedom to take charge of our own lives.
> Empower us to not only gain access to information, but also produce
> new information, to take existing information and to synthesize them
> in new ways that gives us a whole new perspective in life, to see more
> choices than we previously thought we had. As in allowing us to be
> creative, and to take matters into our own hands. To be able to do it
> yourself.

Yep.  That's Newton.  Newton's soup architecture was designed to do exactly what you describe.

--Rich P.