"Ben Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The labels "Free Software", "Open Source", FOSS, etc., get used to > mean a lot of things. They all mean generally the same thing, but > different people intend different nuances when they use them. (Same > with "communism", for that matter.) So nobody (not you, not me) can > say what it's "really" about. :)
Agreed. More or less :) Though rms will probably disagree. I'm fairly certain he considers himself in charge of defining what the Free Software movement is all about. > I'd disagree with that. There are economic factors tangled up in > FOSS. But then, there's usually something about economics in > everything. Ultimately, economics comes down to a practical > application of the Law of Conversation of Energy, and you don't ever > escape that. Ever. Well, yes. But economics is not at the forefront of the movement. It is not overly concerned with shifting economies or making a huge economic change or statement. Can I call someone a Nazi now? Or, are you supposed to call me that? I forget. Bored now. -- Seeya, Paul _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
