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Free. That word does not appear at all in TFA. In the IBM/RH blog post it references[1] the word appears once, disparagingly, in the gratis sense. I apprecia
by Jedd 3y ago
Free.
That word does not appear at all in TFA.
In the IBM/RH blog post it references[1] the word appears once, disparagingly, in the gratis sense.
I appreciate the beer / speech distinction can get tiring to explain repeatedly, but it feels like the move to distance themselves from the deeper implications & obligations of free is, shall we say, very carefully calculated.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-source-response-gitcentosorg-changes https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hats-commitment-open-sour...
- dogben 3y agoThis makes me feel very uncomfortable.
- mst 3y agoCould equally be a move to minimise how much of the discussion that springs up around this blog post gets derailed and eaten alive by arguments and/or misunderstandings around said distinction. Though I suspect we'll both end up less wrong by filing our theories under 'guesswork' and seeing what the actual state of play is six months from now.