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What Happened to the Vision in Open Source?

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday March 23 2014, @03:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Bizarre-Cathedrals dept.

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"An interesting article about the shift in open source from idealistic to pragmatic. The author compares the relative obscurity of FOSS software such as MediaGoblin and KDE's MakePlayLive co-op to commercial software. The article then goes on to discuss the split between FOSS's goal to provide freedom to users and to provide high-quality software. Also mentioned is the split between commercial and non-commercial FOSS."

 
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  • (Score: 2) by TheloniousToady on Monday March 24 2014, @08:18AM

    by TheloniousToady (820) on Monday March 24 2014, @08:18AM (#20170)

    That's an interesting point, but note that freedom-loving constitutions restrict the rights (powers) of governments relative to individuals. In contrast, the FSF's approach to "freedom" is to restrict the powers of all parties - including governments, corporations, and individuals - in a certain way via "copyleft".

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