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I'd also imagine someone who lost their shirt in the stock market (or crypto) might get whiny and complain "Math is broken." Open source is just a process. It
by jrm4 5y ago
I'd also imagine someone who lost their shirt in the stock market (or crypto) might get whiny and complain "Math is broken."
Open source is just a process. It never promised you anything.
Either way, this is why, even if annoying, the concept of "Free Software" is a better one. Its goal may not be perfect -- but at least it has one.
- the_af 5y agoFully agreed. I'm not entirely sure if authors like the one from TFA fully embrace or understand the distinction between Open Source and Free Software (I suspect they are conflating the two, but happy to be proven wrong), but if they do, they are actually doing good work and showing why Free Software is philosophically sounder.