Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative

Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by alexvoda on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @09:34AM (#15347612)

Like with most of RMSs terminology, I disagree with the dichotomy of developer vs user.

Freedom 1 and 3 apply specifically to users who are or will become developers. I believe what we actually want to talk about is publisher vs user/consumer instead of developer vs user.

The FSF people really like their ambiguous terminology, unfortunately.

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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by digi_owl on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:22PM (#15349350)

I an honestly not sure RMS would make such a distinction.

It seems more like one that has grown in into being in more recent years, particularly with the rise of mobile and web.

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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by Karunamon on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:32AM (#15348807)

It's an important distinction IMO. Roughly 99% of the GPL is irrelevant to the end user if they don't have all of the knowledge, desire, and time to crack open the code and modify it.

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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by digi_owl on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:21PM (#15349338)

Even if they themselves do not, they have the possibility of finding someone that does.

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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by Karunamon on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:25PM (#15349396)

And that's the remaining 1% :)

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