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Just to get this straight: Did you just say that Stallman, the inventor of free software, is damaging OpenSource?
by still_grokking 3y ago
Just to get this straight: Did you just say that Stallman, the inventor of free software, is damaging OpenSource?
- ilc 3y agoLearn the meaning of the two words: Open Source = You can see the source. Usually MIT / BSD + GPL + MPL and various others are all "Open Source" Free Software = GPL and other licenses that enforce the users freedom of access to source code. Free has nothing to do with cost.
- grayhatter 3y agohe is... the free software movement fails without the hearts and minds of developers. Developers are, unfortunately, still humans and will refuse to follow the advice of someone they deem to be a twat. Even if that twat is right, if you can't convince someone free/open source software is better you lose. Stallman is well known to act like a twat, thus holding him up as the voice of foss will convince people that foss is just a bunch of douche bags. thereby damaging open source.