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What's the point of wishing for existing FOSS artifacts (supposedly) "being more widely used" if it stops giving the foundational freedoms to the user?
by andrey_utkin 6y ago
What's the point of wishing for existing FOSS artifacts (supposedly) "being more widely used" if it stops giving the foundational freedoms to the user?
- shawnz 6y agoBecause Stallman's specific conception of "foundational freedoms" doesn't actually necessarily align with what gives the best utility for users.
- andrey_utkin 6y agoFree and open source software is not all about "best utility for users". It's about freedoms being valued extremely highly; people self-select for being or not being the consumers of it.
- shawnz 6y agoWhat is a "freedom" is highly subjective. For example the GPL doesn't enable the "freedom" to create proprietary derivative products or tivoized products. Why is that better than the "freedom" to flash their firmware? It is just a matter of opinion.