Re: [Marxism] Socialism and free software

["Jeffrey Thomas Piercy, El Pato Comunista" <mqduck@xxxxxxxxx>]

One small comment: "Free software" is usually considered a subset of 
"open source" software, though the first term came first. Free software 
advocates are part of the open source movement, not rivals (though 
they're sometimes rivals with /the rest of/ the open source movement). 
It is true that many say "open source" to avoid the "radical" 
implications of the term "free software" but that's not to be assumed. 
Another reason is that the term "free software" /sounds/ ambiguous, to 
the ignorant ear.

Anyhow, interested Marxmailers may like to read the GNU Manifesto and 
the preamble to the GNU General Public license (GNU is the flagship 
product of the Free Software Foundation).

http://www.gnu.org/gnu/manifesto.html
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

And lots more:

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/


-Jeff

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