www/philosophy floss-and-foss.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       15/11/09 12:37:04

Modified files:
        philosophy     : floss-and-foss.html 

Log message:
        Summary: Explain the misunderstanding "free and open source" is the
        name of one kind of software, used by one camp.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.11&r2=1.12

Patches:
Index: floss-and-foss.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -b -r1.11 -r1.12
--- floss-and-foss.html 12 Apr 2014 12:40:00 -0000      1.11
+++ floss-and-foss.html 9 Nov 2015 12:37:02 -0000       1.12
@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@
 &ldquo;open source,&rdquo; since it presents &ldquo;open source&rdquo;
 prominently but splits &ldquo;free software&rdquo; apart.</p>
 
+<p>&ldquo;Free and Open Source Software&rdquo; is misleading in
+another way: it suggests that &ldquo;free and open source&rdquo; names
+a single point of view, rather than mentioning two different ones.
+This conceptualization of the field is an obstacle to understanding
+the fact that free software and open source are different political
+positions that disagree fundamentally.</p>
+
 <p>Thus, if you want to be neutral between free software and open
-source, the way to achieve that is to say &ldquo;FLOSS,&rdquo; not
-&ldquo;FOSS.&rdquo;</p>
+source, and clear about them, the way to achieve that is to say
+&ldquo;FLOSS,&rdquo; not &ldquo;FOSS.&rdquo;</p>
 
 <p>We in the free software movement don't use either of these
 terms, because we don't want to be neutral on the political question.
@@ -91,7 +98,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:00 $
+$Date: 2015/11/09 12:37:02 $
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