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0 pointsskrtskrt1y ago0 comments

the four freedoms were not written by God, just a bunch of ideological pedants.

it's perfectly valid to have a completely different view of what freedom is for software

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riedel1y ago· 2 in thread

But FOSS and OSS are brands/labels of FSF and OSI and sometimes it is good to have such labels. This like arguing that same SmartTV is not smart or that there is other ways making a TV smart. I think it is good to have some innovation in licencing (like ethical licences which are by definition probably not free), but not by redefining stuff.

skrtskrtOP1y ago

sure then people should stop crying and pooping their pants when someone tries to introduce a license that's not technically OSS but tries to address ethical concerns.

"It's not OSS" is a not a value judgement unless you think that the four freedoms were written by god. But it is treated exactly as religiously.

eadmund1y ago

> "It's not OSS" is a not a value judgement unless you think that the four freedoms were written by god.

It’s not a value judgment unless the four freedoms reflect one’s values. They reflect mine; therefore I judge that non-free software does not align with my values.

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