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> Open source was originally coined to be palatable to corporations, so we should write Free software instead. I wish he had addressed this one in the article,
by jrumbut 3y ago
> Open source was originally coined to be palatable to corporations, so we should write Free software instead.
I wish he had addressed this one in the article, because this is a situation where the history is really relevant. There is an important and contentious history of debate about what those terms really mean (one possible position in that debate is that the difference doesn't matter, but there are others).
Unlike pull requests or linked list interview questions there really is no reason to prefer one over the other except to express a philosophical point of view which will depend on your interpretation of history.
- pwdisswordfishc 3y agoI don't even know what the argument is saying, given that the terms are pretty much synonyms.
- waveBidder 3y agobasically GPL vs mit
- pwdisswordfishc 3y agoBut both of these are both.