www/philosophy open-source-misses-the-point.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/09/17 17:48:51

Modified files:
        philosophy     : open-source-misses-the-point.html 

Log message:
        Show a typical example of discussion of "open source".

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.64&r2=1.65

Patches:
Index: open-source-misses-the-point.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html,v
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diff -u -b -r1.64 -r1.65
--- open-source-misses-the-point.html   9 Jul 2013 00:15:09 -0000       1.64
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html   17 Sep 2013 17:48:50 -0000      1.65
@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@
 the philosophy of open source considers issues in terms of how to make
 software &ldquo;better&rdquo;&mdash;in a practical sense only.  It
 says that nonfree software is an inferior solution to the practical
-problem at hand.  For the free software movement, however, nonfree
-software is a social problem, and the solution is to stop using it and
-move to free software.</p>
+problem at hand.  Most discussion of &ldquo;open source&rdquo; pays no
+attention to right and wrong, only to popularity and success; here's
+a <a 
href="http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Open-Source-Is-Woven-Into-the-Latest-Hottest-Trends-78937.html";>
+typical example</a>.</p>
+
+<p>For the free software movement, however, nonfree software is a
+social problem, and the solution is to stop using it and move to free
+software.</p>
 
 <p>&ldquo;Free software.&rdquo; &ldquo;Open source.&rdquo; If it's the same 
 software (<a href="/philosophy/free-open-overlap.html">or nearly so</a>), 
@@ -399,7 +404,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/07/09 00:15:09 $
+$Date: 2013/09/17 17:48:50 $
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 </p>
 </div>