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[-] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago

Open Source has been historically tied to corporations. It kicked off with Netscape opening their browser. Eric S Raymond was a major player behind the term, and he's explicitly right-Libertarian.

Free Software, OTOH, is a different matter. I think the two are overdue for a divorce.

[-] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I happen to like the term FOSS and would like to keep it around. It’s catchy.

Definitely time to kick out the corporatists though.

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

No, open source has been historically exploited by corporations.

[-] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

By design, yes.

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