Comment by jrm4
2 months ago
You're presently illustrating exactly why Stallman et al were such sticklers about "Free Software."
"Open Source" is nebulous. It reasonably works here, for better or worse.
2 months ago
You're presently illustrating exactly why Stallman et al were such sticklers about "Free Software."
"Open Source" is nebulous. It reasonably works here, for better or worse.
>"Open Source" is nebulous
No it isn't it is well defined. The only people who find it "nebulous" are people who want the benefits without upholding the obligations.
https://opensource.org/definition-annotated
Free software to me means GPL and associates, so if that is what Stallman was trying to be a stickler for - it worked.
Open source has a well understood meaning, including licenses like MIT and Apache - but not including MIT but only if you make less than $500million dollars, MIT unless you were born on a wednesday, etc.
MIT and Apache are free software licenses in Stallman's sense, and the FSF has always been clear about it.