Quoting Kamal Dalal, from the post of Sat, 28 Dec: > > Congratulations! > > Does Hamakor distinguish between Open Source and Free Software? > > In : > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html > > there is a clear distinction between the two movements. > > Where does Hamakor stand ?
as the FAQ and the thread mentions, the members of Hamakor see them as publicly indistinguishable and therefore pointless to separate in its activities, however, internally, since we know the community (in parts) does do the distinction and we should represent both "camps" in case some people out there still feels there is a seperation (do you? I don't), so to be politically correct we included both terms in the title. for the record, Nadav opposed that idea the most and I was the one insisting on it. that way we don't insult Stallmanists and stay "understood" by the public at large. If you look at the page you see that the FSF admits it stands for basicly the same (if somewhat more inclusive) definition, but it turned out to represent association with other values which the FSF doesn't like to put in the center of the table: "While free software by any other name would give you the same freedom, it makes a big difference which name we use: different words convey different ideas. (...) The term ``open source'' quickly became associated with a different approach (...)". in other words: no distinction, but politicly correct nontheless. I, for example, don't like the seperetism. I use non-free software on my linux machine. heck I even use Qmail which doesn't even fall entirely in the OSD. some of it I use since it's practical (OSS values), and some I chose to use for FSF-like ideal, like when I switched from pine to mutt. I see the values of both camps as good and correct, and see no reason to pick sides. I also see why in today's market it's not very possible to eliminate proprietary software altogether, but I start by keeping it out of my own systems for now. -- The first, the last, and only line of defense Ira Abramov http://ira.abramov.org/email/ This post is encrypted twice with ROT-13. Documenting or attempting to crack this encryption is illegal.
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