http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/10/11/needles-in-a-haystack-sorting-out-differences-between-free-and-open-source-software/ A weblog by Charles-H. Schulz. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:01:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/10/11/needles-in-a-haystack-sorting-out-differences-between-free-and-open-source-software/comment-page-1/#comment-2659 Links 12/10/2009: GIMP 2.6 Documentation is Out, Linux 2.6.32 RC4 Released | Boycott Novell Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:35:59 +0000 http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/10/11/needles-in-a-haystack-sorting-out-differences-between-free-and-open-source-software/#comment-2659 [...] Needles in a haystack (sorting out differences between Free and Open Source Software) There is just a mild disappointment everyone ought to have about this view: Open Source does not advocate Free Software and software freedom are bad things: it just tries to narrow their specifics for practical -and sometimes business-oriented- reasons. It does not mean, however, that Free Software gets in the way of business or stands against software business. It adds another layer of demands, moral demands that can anyone walk an extra mile in the hope to make software a better tool for social improvement, and this world a better place for everyone. No one must take this extra step, no business will die from it. But in the end , everyone might just benefit from it. I am disappointed that anyone would not find the simple possibility of this extra step a negative option to have. [...] [...] Needles in a haystack (sorting out differences between Free and Open Source Software) There is just a mild disappointment everyone ought to have about this view: Open Source does not advocate Free Software and software freedom are bad things: it just tries to narrow their specifics for practical -and sometimes business-oriented- reasons. It does not mean, however, that Free Software gets in the way of business or stands against software business. It adds another layer of demands, moral demands that can anyone walk an extra mile in the hope to make software a better tool for social improvement, and this world a better place for everyone. No one must take this extra step, no business will die from it. But in the end , everyone might just benefit from it. I am disappointed that anyone would not find the simple possibility of this extra step a negative option to have. [...]

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