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some - many - albeit not all - of the points are actually spot on. I'm sure many will not want to hear or read them. There are alot of misconceptions, speciall
by zobzu 14y ago
some - many - albeit not all - of the points are actually spot on.
I'm sure many will not want to hear or read them. There are alot of misconceptions, specially from the programmers & admins & other interested folks who started to use and figure out open source a few years ago.
I still see people using, indeed, Ubuntu, claiming its good for "Open Source" and "Freedom", and, what not. That's the distro the community has little control of (while we have full control of, say, Debian), and which ships non-free stuff and even tries it best to make _you_ buy non-free stuff (that means proprietary, mind you), and capture your data.
Also it's important to note that the article is focused on the "GNU spirit of open source", not the "BSD spirit of open source". Ie with enforced freedom.
- drivebyacct2 14y ago>the community has little control of in what way? > even tries it best to make _you_ buy non-free stuff what?