free software is a revolutionary idea

open source has always been counter-revolutionary

free software is about emancipation

open source has always been tolerant to barriers to emancipation

free software is about overthrowing tyrants and achieving freedom

open source is about accommodating slightly enlightened despots, that are happy to achieve more efficient exploitation of others the open source way
https://www.fsfla.org/blogs/lxo/pub/against-software-tyranny

we are not the same

but we can often work together, and participate in coalitions where it makes sense, despite our important differences. the overlap is also significant, after all.

however, dismissing the differences and conflating the different causes and goals doesn't serve ours. it's a strategic mistake IMFO.

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