Re: [OSS] Re: [rms@gnu.org...] + Viet Linux-FAQ

I don't think, that the wording of the recent conference as "Open Source
Conference" - and I am sure, that the name of this list, ... is not at all
a statement "for" the Open Source Initiative and/or "against" the Free
Software Foundation.

The name of the conference, and the name of this list, direct attention
to the open source movement and away from the free software movement.
That, the effect, is what matters.

If this were merely a matter of hurt feelings, your response that this
is not directed "against" the free software movement would address the
matter perfectly. But we are concerned with an important
philosophical issue. You are acting in a way that supports the
movement disregards ethics.

No wonder we see people in Vietnam saying "my software is gratis but
not open source" and thinking that this is ok! They have only heard
about the open source movement, and the open source movement does not
say that ethics demands all software be open source. He thinks this
is merely a practical preference.

Your argument that we should not talk about freedom where people don't
understand it is like arguing we should not give medical care where
people are sick.

For more explanation, see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html
and http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html.

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