Matthew C. Weigel writes: > It just so happens that the people involved with the OSI are > *motivated* by the social/ethical concerns, but try to present the > pragmatic issues in order to convince people. They are not trying to > be pragmatic, they are simply accepting that other people are (and > trying to speak to their concerns).
This is a very good summary. > Once a developer has bought it, it really doesn't matter whether open > source is *actually* pragmatic or not (as long as they don't pull it > back out). The FSF argues that, without the social/ethical committment to free software, their committment to open source changes like the wind. -- -russ nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://russnelson.com Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | It's a crime, not an act 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | of war. For my take, see: Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | http://quaker.org/crime.html -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
