Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
by merelydev on Saturday December 05, 2020 @07:58AM
(#25314201)
I think it is Free as in Freedom.
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Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
by dessant on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:05AM
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That's possible, but they also mention "Completely open source" in the same list, and that would make "Free as in Freedom" redundant.
Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
by zeusflight on Saturday December 05, 2020 @12:10PM
(#25316149)
I don't know what 'free' means for the project, but open source and 'free as in freedom' are not redundant these days. While open source is legally indistinguishable from free software, time has proven that open source software can be designed in non-free ways. Examples:
- Bloating codebase so much that it can't be audited, extended or forked easily
- Tightly controlling the development
- Open shims for opaque blobs
- Hiding documentation and troubleshooting information
Freedom is more about intent than definitions.
Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
by saberd on Saturday December 05, 2020 @08:04AM
(#25314230)
So free as in open source, why is this called free and not open then?
Re:Radicle: A peer-to-peer alternative to GitHub
by cowsandmilk on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:21AM
(#25315658)
Free is a term used by the community for decades, literally in the name of the Free Software Foundation. I guess you could argue that their need to explain what free means indicates it was a bad choice to use, but it is pretty standard now.