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diff --git a/microposts/lxo-digital-tyranny.org b/microposts/lxo-digital-tyranny.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..578c01a --- /dev/null +++ b/microposts/lxo-digital-tyranny.org @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +#+title: Free software vs. open source + +#+date: <2022-01-18> + +Alexandre Oliva's post [[https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/against-software-tyranny.en.html][Against Software Tyranny]] is a good read on the +difference between free software and open source. Free software is +the liberation of computing, whereas open source is to hope for the +corporations to be enlightened. Much like copyleft vs. pushover and +dare I say progressives vs. liberals. + +Corporations view "open source" software as commons, just like natural +resources, free for their taking. This is the key cause of +unsustainable free software development recently under discussion. +This is also why I don't really like to refer to the free world as +commons. + +A commons is too weak to protect our computing freedom, and only makes +sense if nonfree software is eliminated. |