RMS is just angry that he's been upstaged when it comes to terminology. He's an extremely sore loser. The "Free Software" movement is not given equal billing with the "Open Source" movement for good reasons:
1. The Open Source movement, if construed as distinct from the Free SW movement, is a lot stronger than the Free SW movement. 2. "Open Source" gives a more complete understanding of the topic in English than does "Free Software" without adding a lot of cumbersome explanation. 3. The "ideological differences" between the "Open Source" and "Free Software" movements, when they are not merely verbal, either make no practical difference or GNU's position is so extreme as to be generally considered laughable. 4. People who are willing to call it "Open Source" also tend to be less stuck-up and rude as well as easier to work with.
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Posted by: jensend on March 18, 2003 03:46 AM1. The Open Source movement, if construed as distinct from the Free SW movement, is a lot stronger than the Free SW movement.
2. "Open Source" gives a more complete understanding of the topic in English than does "Free Software" without adding a lot of cumbersome explanation.
3. The "ideological differences" between the "Open Source" and "Free Software" movements, when they are not merely verbal, either make no practical difference or GNU's position is so extreme as to be generally considered laughable.
4. People who are willing to call it "Open Source" also tend to be less stuck-up and rude as well as easier to work with.
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