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Different terms convey different ideas. Writers pick "open source" to signal that they find user freedom unimportant, and "free software" or "libre software" to
by grewil2 9y ago
Different terms convey different ideas. Writers pick "open source" to signal that they find user freedom unimportant, and "free software" or "libre software" to signal that they find user freedom important. While the author's intentions are probably good, it's interesting that neither user freedom nor licenses are mentioned in this type of article.
In the unlikely case anyone wonders what I mean:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....