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Petty factionalism within Open Source where if you don't support the latest views of the GNU committee and Dear Leader then you are against open source (which i

• chimeracoder 13y ago
  > Not even worth replying to, in my opinion. I agree with this, so I hesitated to reply... BUT I feel it's important to point out one thing. You're using the term "Open Source" (capitalized, even), which is a related ideology, but still distinct. It's jarring to read: > If you don't support the latest views of the GNU committee and Dear Leader then you are against open source when the FSF discourages use of the term "open source"[0]! That said, you're right that this is all pretty silly factionalism. People love to focus on less important differences[1], while ignoring the more important larger picture. Even the FSF doesn't consider "open source" (or the GPLv2) to be bad; they consider themselves both fighting for the same result, just with different motivations. As far as they are concerned, the GPLv2 is fine; the GPLv3 just happens to be a bit better. [0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.htm... (Don't be fooled by the title - the FSF views "Open Source" as an ally, not a rival). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_difference...