http://gigaom.com/2008/04/07/open-source-closed-minds-can-an-os-company-be-part-of-the-os-community/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:41:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2008/04/07/open-source-closed-minds-can-an-os-company-be-part-of-the-os-community/#comment-875587 Alice Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:19:16 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=685#comment-875587 How many times does it have to be repeated, really? The free in FOSS is about freedom, not price. How many times does it have to be repeated, really? The free in FOSS is about freedom, not price.

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]]> http://gigaom.com/2008/04/07/open-source-closed-minds-can-an-os-company-be-part-of-the-os-community/#comment-875585 Krish Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:29:04 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=685#comment-875585 Making money and ethics are not mutually exclusive. I agree with it. It is my argument too. You can see it in my rant about how Libertarians and Communists had got open source wrong (http://www.krishworld.com/blog/open-source/open-source-how-both-capitalists-and-communists-got-it-wrong/). However, you are oversimplifying your assertion about Opensource evangelists who are critical of certain commercial vendors. You seem to couple certain "extremists", who claim that making money out of software (especially open source software) as blasphemy, with others, who are worried about certain strong arm tactics used by business community. This is oversimplification on your party and plain wrong. If you are going to argue that commercial companies will preserve the philosophy of opensource in its purest form, then you need to find an infant and argue with him/her. There are way too many companies that are abusing the term open source, the licenses and its philosophy. If you deny this, you are living in a fantasy world or you are myopic in your ideas. As long as companies are trying to twist the idea, philosophy, spirit, etc. of opensource, we need some strong people who can put them in their places. If you are going to demean such people as hypocrits whining against others who make more money, I have nothing to say except wonder about your claims as a supporter of opensource. You can call people names but you can never get rid of the real opensource movement with such articles. Making money and ethics are not mutually exclusive. I agree with it. It is my argument too. You can see it in my rant about how Libertarians and Communists had got open source wrong (http://www.krishworld.com/blog/open-source/open-source-how-both-capitalists-and-communists-got-it-wrong/). However, you are oversimplifying your assertion about Opensource evangelists who are critical of certain commercial vendors. You seem to couple certain “extremists”, who claim that making money out of software (especially open source software) as blasphemy, with others, who are worried about certain strong arm tactics used by business community. This is oversimplification on your party and plain wrong. If you are going to argue that commercial companies will preserve the philosophy of opensource in its purest form, then you need to find an infant and argue with him/her. There are way too many companies that are abusing the term open source, the licenses and its philosophy. If you deny this, you are living in a fantasy world or you are myopic in your ideas. As long as companies are trying to twist the idea, philosophy, spirit, etc. of opensource, we need some strong people who can put them in their places. If you are going to demean such people as hypocrits whining against others who make more money, I have nothing to say except wonder about your claims as a supporter of opensource. You can call people names but you can never get rid of the real opensource movement with such articles.

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