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submitted 11 months ago by RNAi@hexbear.net to c/the_dunk_tank@hexbear.net

There are lots of other galaxy-brain moments there.

"Single payer economies leads to bad things like Bolshevism and Stalin"

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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago

Do not use the term FOSS, it conflates Free Software with Open Source

[-] megasteel32@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago

as it should, because open source software should be free. GNU can shove it.

[-] jaeme@hexbear.net 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are seperate because they both have different motivation, tactics, and origins.

Open source could also be used to describe a development methodology (public repo that accepts pull requests/patches with a license that allows redistribution). Free means that the user is entitled to all 4 freedoms (use, study, modify and distribute, or redistribute).

The Free software movement works to create a world of entirely free software. Open source initiative does not make that claim. OSI is more pragmatics (at a cost) while the FSF is more ideologically focused (likewise)

We have this distinction because it matters and that it reduces confusion. GNU doesn't go "shove it."

[-] megasteel32@hexbear.net 2 points 11 months ago

GNU can absolutely go shove it when they keep trying to shove GPLv3 down my throat.

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