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

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       19/03/01 22:21:32

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

Log message:
        Mention the minority of open source supporters that do say freedom is
        part of the idea.  Reorder sentences in that part to be more coherent.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.89&r2=1.90

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--- open-source-misses-the-point.html   20 Feb 2019 12:11:12 -0000      1.89
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html   2 Mar 2019 03:21:32 -0000       1.90
@@ -72,21 +72,22 @@
 with ideas and arguments based only on practical values, such as
 making or having powerful, reliable software.  Most of the supporters
 of open source have come to it since then, and they make the same
-association.</p>
+association.  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>.  A minority of supporters of open source do
+nowadays say freedom is part of the issue, but they are not very visible
+among the many that don't.</p>
 
-<p>The two terms
+<p>The two now
 describe almost the same category of software, but they stand for
-views based on fundamentally different values.  Open source is a
-development methodology; free software is a social movement.  For the
+views based on fundamentally different values.  For the
 free software movement, free software is an ethical imperative,
 essential respect for the users' freedom.  By contrast,
 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.  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>
+problem at hand.</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
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2019/02/20 12:11:12 $
+$Date: 2019/03/02 03:21:32 $
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