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The problem is that ESR and the "open source" people have a fundamentally different understanding of software freedom than do the FSF. I'm not judging one over
by jfb 12y ago
The problem is that ESR and the "open source" people have a fundamentally different understanding of software freedom than do the FSF. I'm not judging one over the other, but I think it's a mistake to conflate the two. It's not simply the narcissism of small differences; they have fundamentally incompatible motives, even if their means can be seem as congruent.
- angersock 12y agoI think it's worth observing that the FSF position--absolute as it is--is by construction incompatible with any other motive. It seems like the best that can be done, for now, is to have congruent means. :)
- dragonwriter 12y ago> The problem is that ESR and the "open source" people have a fundamentally different understanding of software freedom than do the FSF. No, if you read the Open Source Definition and the Free Software Definition, you'll find that there understanding of software freedom is pretty much identical. Their ideas of the moral purpose of advocating for software freedom and/or the most effective tactics of advocating for software freedom differ, certainly.