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>People often lack the time, skills, or political will power to change the direction of a open source software project. And yet they still want to criticize pe

by soperj 9y ago

>People often lack the time, skills, or political will power to change the direction of a open source software project. And yet they still want to criticize people who provide free software.

bb88 9y ago
That's reductive. You can't have free-as-in-speech (libre) software, if you're not willing to accept criticisms of it.
- soperj 9y ago
  There's a vast difference between criticizing the software and criticizing the people who develop it.
  - bb88 9y ago
    So you're arguing for authoritarianism here. If you can't criticize someone, that's not free software development.
    - jenscow 9y ago
      And the critic should also be open to criticism.
    - jononor 9y ago
      Criticize actions, not the people making them.