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> GPL uses the term "Free" in a twisted, marxist way. You appear to be using the term "Marxist" as a snarl term. This is strong evidence you're trolling. Ple
by cbd1984 11y ago
> GPL uses the term "Free" in a twisted, marxist way.
You appear to be using the term "Marxist" as a snarl term.
This is strong evidence you're trolling.
Please leave. We don't especially want trolls here.
- baad1dea 11y ago>We don't especially want trolls here. And judging from the responses in this thread, it appears that he is successful. Or do you enjoy feeding trolls?
- cbd1984 11y agoFeeding trolls isn't what makes them stay. Lax moderation makes them stay.
- david-given 11y agoPlease don't say things like this.
- gojomo 11y agoEven if the rhetoric was out of bounds, the right remedy would be to "improve", not "leave". But the use of the term was fair. There is a political and ideological aspect of the fierce-copyleft outlook that cross-fertilizes with Marx-ish thinking. Eben Moglen is often eloquent on these themes. It's not necessarily an insult to observe this. And in this kind of casual, vernacular use – uncapitalized, even! – people also understand 'marxist' to describe language that has been shifted, by certain stylized theories of production and exploitation, from its plainer meaning in other contexts. That's a reasonably expressive way to describe the very particular and ideologically-qualified definition of "Free" that the FSF prefers.