On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 09:34, Tom Munnecke wrote:
> He [Richard Stallman] cringes at
> the word "open" in the context of software, however, it is very closely
> related to the Open Source Software movement (GNU- Linux). (01)
His concern is that the term "open source" was specifically coined as a
business-friendly alternative to the term "free software" by Christine
Peterson, Eric Raymond and others. Business friendly, because the
software companies who make money from the sale of non-free software
feel squeemish in the presence of the word "free". Stallman believes
that software should be free and that free software makes a better
world. I doubt he has a problem with the word 'open', it is when it is
used as a weaselly substitute for 'free' that his ire is raised. (02)
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