[school-discuss] Free Software v. Open Source

[Joel Kahn <jj2kk4@xxxxxxxxx>]

The arguments over how to present FLOSS
concepts to various audiences are, of course,
very old in computer years. For reference,
here are links to a couple of the oldest
relevant documents in the debate:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/open-source.html

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html

I personally lean towards Stallman's position
as the ideal, but I recognize that realistic
considerations make things complicated.

For those of you who have to struggle with
this, I wish you the best of luck. :-)

Joel



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