Mat Witts <[email protected]> ha scritto:
[...]
This thread is about 'Free software and open source philosophies
differ,, sometimes with radically different outcomes'.
I have been posting on that topic, not about the FS definition which
doesn't get us any closer to resolving the problem as I, and many FS
advocates see it, which is about the problematic of using the terms
'open source' and 'free' interchangeably - as if they are synonyms when
they are really about completely different things which I won't go over
here because FS advocates will know what those differences are I am sure.
[...]
Hi everywone :)
It looks to me like you (Matt) are not considering a point made
well clear both in the original blog post and in some messages from
Jonas: most people (98%) are not using the words "free software" and
"open source" with the meaning most of us (2%) associate with them. I
mostly agree with the concept in the subject, and I especially like
the wording "philosophies" because it alludes to my point: most people
don't know about either philosophies and don't know about the
"technical" meaning of the labels "Free Software" and "Open Source".
This thread is filled with messages touching on and mixing two issues:
one issue is the one in the subject, the other is the issue of the
other thread, the «The 2% discussion - "Free Software" or "Open
Source"». These are different issues and if you want to keep on
discussing about the difference between "Free Software" and "Open
Source" that's fine and important, but the wording/lexical issue is
another thread, another issue. I agree that "Free Software" and "Open
Source" are different, with different goals and "sometimes with
radically different outcomes". But what worries me most is another
issue, the fact that 98% of the people mix the two lables *because
they don't know about software freedom*. I use the words "Free
Software" because they're the right ones for what I mean, but you must
aknwoledge that the 98% does not really know what this is about, dont'
you think?
/bruno
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