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The unfortunate thing about gnu and the fsf is that they think connotation management and "clever" wordplay are effective marketing strategies.
by oldmanjay 11y ago
The unfortunate thing about gnu and the fsf is that they think connotation management and "clever" wordplay are effective marketing strategies.
- rando289 11y ago"Open source" was designed for the sole purpose of being "clever" wordplay and an effective marketing strategy, so you really can't blame fsf on that one. Words matter. See "pro life" vs "pro choice", see "terrorist" vs "criminal" see "migrant" vs "alleged refuge", etc. etc. The tech press are mouthpieces for the big corporations, and all of the big corporations do not want free software messing with their profits, so they use and coin words which align with their interests. It's perfectly natural for fsf to use different words.