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I was just introduced to the article "The Meme Hustler" about Tim O'Reilly [1], where Evgeny Morozov discusses, among other things, how O'Reilly spins social mo
by andlarry 12y ago
I was just introduced to the article "The Meme Hustler" about Tim O'Reilly [1], where Evgeny Morozov discusses, among other things, how O'Reilly spins social movements (Free Software) into depoliticized economic arguments (Open Source).
Seems odd that Linux Voice would lead with "Meet Free Software, internet and publishing visionary, Tim O’Reilly" when he was so active in advocating the term "Open Source" instead of "Free Software".
[1] http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/the-meme-hustler