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- Embed this notice@cyberspook I really fucking wish Stallman would be the only one spreading his literal FUD about Open-Source. I can understand him not liking it, but get some fucking integrity.
Open-Source is pretty much just branding/marketing Free Software without having to go "free as in freedom, not free beer" almost all the time or ending up with a misunderstanding in discussions with people that aren't familiar with the details (like most non-techies).
I could also critique "open-source" for not being very transparent by itself (it's not source-available), which is probably why the Open Source Definition exists. (that plus, you know, stallman)
Which is why I use the term "libre software" myself, it gets the point across much more reliably and unfamiliar people will likely ask if they don't know instead of "Oh year, it's just gratis" for free software or "Oh yeah, it's just source-available" for open-source.
Want true compromise? It's stuff like Open-Core.