Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:33:27 -0700 - Danny Spitzberg <stationa...@gmail.com>:
> Interesting perspective, worth engaging with. It covers everything from > the term free/libre and beer, to Microsoft and IEC 62304, to not getting > credit and reactionary attitudes. > > “Free Software”: An idea whose time has passed > > Robert M. Lefkowitz > <https://r0ml.medium.com/?source=post_page-----6570c1d8218a--------------------------------> > > [...] > https://r0ml.medium.com/free-software-an-idea-whose-time-has-passed-6570c1d8218a Although there are some shareable passages, especially in relation to the "history" of open/free software, I am in total disagreement with the conclusions and the pragmatic approach, indeed utilitarian, of Mr. Lefkowitz. The criticism that today I find myself having to do to FSF (of which I am a member of 2009) is that of having almost completely abandoned the original philosophical approach (political, ideological), to focus on purely legal and technical (and maybe utilitarians) aspects, and on internal struggles behind which (IMHO) I think there are also capitalistic and financial interests of some corporations, which subsidize developers and projects only for profit reasons and social control. Instead, I would like the exact opposite: that FSF was essentially concentrated on the social and political aspects related to digital software and technologies in general, at a much higher and broad level (social, philosophical, political, ideological up to radical criticism and rejection of capitalism and financial income) than a merely defense of 4 legal rights (improperly said freedoms), that take a very little importance with respect to freedom and (more importantly) equality among people. Regards al3xu5 -- Say NO to copyright, patents, trademarks and industrial design restrictions! ____________________________________________________________________________ Public GPG/PGP key: 8FC2 3121 2803 86E9 F7D8 B624 DA50 835B 2624 A36B
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