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Okay. Let's talk about the semantics of the pariah being targeted by some of the fair source rhetoric. Is it "free-rider" as in beer? Or "free-rider" as in spe
by kazinator 2y ago
Okay. Let's talk about the semantics of the pariah being targeted by some of the fair source rhetoric.
Is it "free-rider" as in beer? Or "free-rider" as in speech?
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- ezekg 2y agoI'm having trouble even conceptualizing "free-riding" [0] as in speech. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-rider_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-rider_problem
- kazinator 2y agoBut the free as a free speech is the free that matters in software. So it must be that if free riders are bad, they must be some kind of free speech type free riders. Because ordinary free software advocates, such as oh your Richard Stallman and whoever, do not refer to nonpaying, free beer users as free riders. Nonpaying software users do not make the software less available to others, and it is helpful to the development of that software to have those kind of users compared to none at all. I can easily conceptualize free speech free riders with an example with an example: users who dare to find security bugs, and tell others, without letting the copyright holder know first and letting that copyright holder gatekeep the release of information.