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You should stand up for your ideals, but dying on the hill of what you call your ideals is actually getting in the way of that. Because instead of making the p
by fastball 10mo ago
You should stand up for your ideals, but dying on the hill of what you call your ideals is actually getting in the way of that.
Because instead of making the point "this license isn't as permissive as it could/should be" (easy to understand), instead the point being made is "this isn't real open source", which comes across to most people as just some weird gate-keeping / No True Scotsman kinda thing.
- whimsicalism 10mo agono, “No True Scotsman” is just about people not categories like open source
- fastball 10mo agoGood job missing the point. Though given the stance you are taking in this conversation, I'm not surprised you want to quibble over that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- whimsicalism 10mo agoultimately you have to imbue words with meaning, otherwise it is impossible to have a discussion. what i said about no true scotsman was false, i was just trying to prove a point.
- fastball 10mo agoWhat point were you proving?
- JoshTriplett 10mo ago"No True Scotsman" is about specifically about changing the rules to exclude a new example you don't want to permit. The rules haven't changed, and the attempts to violate the requirements aren't new. Proprietary licenses continue to be proprietary. Open Source continues to not allow restrictions on commercial use.