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An anonymous coward writes:
"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 Grishnakh on Monday March 24 2014, @10:27AM
You're rehashing the age-old BSD vs. GPL argument. I hope you're not a troll, but after so many years of this, it's getting really old and annoying.
The FSF only cares about the freedom of users. It doesn't care about the freedom of producers. Just as with the other responder's analogy of "free world" countries versus countries which allow slavery, users can't have complete freedom if software producers/distributors have complete freedom. If I buy a piece of software and don't have access to the source code, I am not free and can be entrapped by secret file formats and other problems stemming from lack of access to source code.
(Score: 2) by TheloniousToady on Monday March 24 2014, @12:25PM
No, I'm not a troll. Sorry to annoy you. I'll shut up about this now and try not to comment on any similar issue in the future.