Mat Witts admin@yuj.it 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.
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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