翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 00:53:44 JST
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@webmink >That's what I do. That's what everyone I know does.
Sadly every last "open source" supporter I've met has been unable to define it and has never mentioned that it's about freedom.
It's a very nice buzzword (I've sat near someone who was having a conversation about some hardware design was apparently "open source" 7 times in a row, although with no mention as to the license and my senses at the time told me that it was a proprietary one), but sadly, no matter how many times it's repeated, the only point that gets across is that the source code is publicly available (as that is the only natural meaning).
Sadly some people completely believe in advertising and believe that free means zero price and are initially confused on hearing about free software, but as soon as you hammer the point home that free means freedom, not gratis in all of two sentence with a GNUish glint in your eyes, they suddenly understand and never make the same mistake again.
>It is no longer 2001.
Sad I know right?