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It's collectivist in the sense that it is owned by the people.
by WiseWeasel 14y ago
It's collectivist in the sense that it is owned by the people.
- andyzweb 14y agoOpen Source software is owned by the copyright holder. "the people" have no ownership whatsoever. Merely a license to use the software (albeit a very permissive license)
- WiseWeasel 14y agoIn the case of the GPL, everyone can use, modify and re-distribute it of their own accord, as long as it's distributed under the license the author chose. It's not the same, but effectively pretty close to ownership. It's a public entitlement to a permissive license. Open source != GPL, however; the BSD license creates something indistinguishable from common ownership.
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