Open source self describes its value system as being freedom for developers, free software self describes its value system as being freedom for users. Most op

Open source self describes its value system as being freedom for developers, free software self describes its value system as being freedom for users. Most open source grants users far more freedoms than proprietary software, for instance, though not maximal freedoms. It’s not opposed to user freedom (“that’s bad actually”) it’s just not the goal being optimized for. I think it’s a fallacy to accuse them of being dark mirrors of each other for the reasons stated in the blog post. They have different worldviews and different goals, they don’t just take each other’s goals and multiply them by negative one. Open source doesn’t try to intentionally restrict users, it just trades off against their maximal freedom in favor of maximal developer freedom. Free software doesn’t intentionally try to encumber developers, it just trades off against their maximal freedom in favor of users maximal freedom.