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That better marketing is supposed to be the open source movement. It is debatable whether that has achieved the desired effect or not. It really depends on what
by jordigh 11y ago
That better marketing is supposed to be the open source movement. It is debatable whether that has achieved the desired effect or not. It really depends on what the desired effect is.
Also, the FSF does not really "compromise". If you ask them, "hey can you accept just a liiiiitle bit of non-free software", they'll say "no". A compromise can be disastrous to the FSF, in their view, akin to accepting a liiiiitle slavery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.html
- rpgmaker 11y agoExactly. The people that say that "they advocate for extreme ideas" probably ignore the FSF's actual mission.
- pron 11y agoI think that their aversion to compromise -- effective in practice or not -- is an antidote to Silicon Valley's inherent is-ought fallacy when social laws are concerned: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600803 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11600803