[GNUz] Fwd: Academics Discuss MS vs. OSS

[Martin Bähr]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:42:35PM +1200, Zane Gilmore wrote:
> I think that RMS has been dissaffecting many people by his apparently 
> irrational intransigence on accepting the "Open Source" handle. Like it 
> or not there has been a lot more traction in getting the message out 
> with that term than "Free Software".

what message exactly?

> Although I understand and agree with much of RMS's distinction between 
> OSS and Free Software. There needs to be a change in the name of "Free 
> Software" for it to get any traction.

> For all the problems with ESR just arguing that the principles are not 
> important but the results are, there is the issue that the term "Open 
> Source" more accurately describes the concept of what we are about.

does it?
even bruce perens one of the founders of the open source initiative disagrees:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1999/02/msg01641.html

it is interresting that this was already written one year after this
open source thing started.

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