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I do think there is a left vs right type of conflict between FSF and OSI. Esp Eric Raymond is appears firmly to be a partisan right winger, remember the very po
by billfruit 8y ago
I do think there is a left vs right type of conflict between FSF and OSI. Esp Eric Raymond is appears firmly to be a partisan right winger, remember the very political things he tried to get included into the Jargon File some years ago.
- steveklabnik 8y agoI agree with you, and it partially informs where I'm going with this. I think the FSF is liberalism, and the OSI is libertarianism, more than a left vs right thing, exactly.
- mattnewport 8y agoLeft vs Right doesn't seem like a very helpful distinction to me here (but then I don't think it's a very useful way of looking at politics in general in the modern world either). The personal politics of some of the founding figures is perhaps helpful to understand the history but I don't think it's necessarily that useful in understanding the movements today.