Linked by Dmitrij D. Czarkoff on Tue 5th Dec 2006 18:30 UTC
The title of the article seems completely wrong to you? Naturally it would, when you daily read something like this. But I do state all this stuff is being a big mistake, if not worse. I am sure, that Linux is now close to extinction, and still is getting closer and closer to the point of no return.
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You speak as if it's possible for there to be an objectively wrong and an objectively right position to take in the whole "Free Software" vs "Open Source Software" debate. Even describing it as a "debate" is overly generous, when it's clearly just semantic quibbling by people who know next-to-nothing about actual linguistics.
If it were just a petty semantic difference, it would be only so much hot-air and have no consequence. I believe there are consequences. "Right" and "Wrong" here are not moral assessments but rather are used to indicate which style leads to the maximum group utility. Objectively, there is a right position but it is dependent on what your aim is. If your aim is to ensure that software can be continuously used and developed in a shared manner such that no one can bar another from derivations of the software, then the objective choice of should be clear -- Freedom requires the quid pro quo or so-called "viral" clause. It is the same as saying, "We are free because I insist on the freedom of my neighbors".
Also, if it is just so much talk, why bother to say so?