Christian Seberino wrote:
RMS likes to characterize Open Source as *just* about better engineering
and Free Software as about freedom.
While I agree OSI doesn't *emphasize* freedom as strongly as FSF,
I don't think it is correct to say open source is *not* about freedom.
It seems the open source definition is big enough to include people
who use it for better quality AS WELL as people that like the freedom.
If you don't believe me, just read the OSI's definition of what constitutes
open source. It is impossible for an OSI license to *NOT* provide freedom.
Hence, OSI believes and supports freedom.
And by the way, the GPL is OSI approved if you didn't know.
So that is why it is possible to be a freedom and GPL fan while still
using the term 'open source'.
Chris
I agree...
Open source is really about options and one of
the organic side effects of having options is
freedom.
I'm a happy camper because I have more and more
mature options on the desktop, I have had
options for 12-13 years on the server side and I
know programmers who constantly say "there is
more than one way to do it" because they have
options to solve problems.
rb(free and quality... just like the best things
in life)w
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