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Nah you got it backwards. Stop using "Open". It cheapens and confuses the goals and purpose of Free software.
by tokai 3y ago
Nah you got it backwards. Stop using "Open". It cheapens and confuses the goals and purpose of Free software.
- kelnos 3y agoI think it's fair to say -- sadly -- that most people don't even know of the FSF's goals, and think "free software" and "open source software" are the same thing. And I don't think we're going to fix that problem by insisting random people use the terms properly. "Free" is a terrible word to use in English for this concept. It gives the absolute wrong impression, and no one is going to sit through RMS lecturing about "free as in speech, not as in beer". It's a pity English has such a common word with two meanings like that. To use your phrasing, the choice of the world "free" cheapens (literally!) and confuses the goals and purpose of free software.