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2021-04-02 08:47 UTC
@eloquence@social.coop Also agreed, yes. I'm only saying that the _distinction_ remains important - if you say "Open Source" I might rely on context to know whether you're talking about something corporate or emancipatory, but if you say "Libre" or "Free Software" I know without context. The terms aren't interchangeable, and would be the lesser for it, if they were.
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@eloquence@social.coop 2021-04-02 18:18
@seachaint@hackers.town That's very persuasive, but allow me to push back a bit. What do we really know without context when someone says "libre" or "free software"? For all I know, the next thing they'll say is "But I hate what the SJWs are doing to it with their codes of conduct and cancel culture", and I know that their idea of liberation is very different from mine. With the implosion of the FSF linked to misogyny and harassment, more people may gravitate towards "open source" for that reason alone.