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tl;dr: "Free Software" is a religion that vilifies just about any commercial use of open source (Tivo, Apple, etc.). Open Source is the response to that that f
by outside1234 11y ago
tl;dr: "Free Software" is a religion that vilifies just about any commercial use of open source (Tivo, Apple, etc.).
Open Source is the response to that that finds a pragmatic middle way.
- astazangasta 11y agoAh, pragmatism: the reason we bombed Cambodia.
- zimbatm 11y agoIt's easy to dismiss the freedom of tinkering as a religion. If it wasn't for that most entrepreneurs on HN wouldn't be able to start their own business at a fraction of original costs.
- davexunit 11y agoWhat an unbiased summary. Thanks for sharing.
- belorn 11y agoLike the pragmatic way of reinventing software because they are of the "wrong" license. Or are we talking about the pragmatic way of not updating software for several years because of licenses?
- madez 11y agoYou berate free software as a religion while it is clearly not. Also, you say that it stands against commercialisation, while it does not, either. It only goes against excercising power over others to extort money, or literarily take their freedom away. In a way I think free licenses like the AGPLv3 do what the government should be doing. But today government is too easily influenced by companies, so it often doesn't act in the best interest of its people.