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Not at all, because there is no coercion.

• mcv 12y ago
  So libertarian socialist, then. GPL in particular has strong socialist tendencies: you can build on it, but you've got to share your changes too.
  • tom_scrace 12y ago
    It's not socialist at all unless people are being forced against their will (or perhaps 'regardless of their will' would be more accurate) to contribute to some common project. Nobody in the open source world is being forced to do anything.
    • mcv 12y ago
      That is not really what socialism is about. It's about equality, not about forcing people. The big question is how to get that equality, and state socialism says some degree of forcing will be necessary. Libertarian socialism (also known as social anarchism or left-libertarianism) says you need freedom just as much as you need equality, or you end up with oppression. Open Source strikes that balance in a very natural way.