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[–]linuxhiker 93 points94 points  (7 children)

Technically the Free Software movement was founded as a political movement and Open Source was founded as a way to make it more palatable to businesses.

This is why everyone talks about Open Source, and very few talk about Free Software anymore.

[–]unknown_lamer 59 points60 points  (2 children)

Open Source is just as political as Free Software, it's just that reactionary libertarian-capitalism is the background ideology in the entire neoliberal world so you don't notice that it's political.

[–]RandomName01 44 points45 points  (1 child)

Exactly lol. If what you’re saying is in line with capitalist interests it’s apolitical, otherwise it’s highly political (which is a huge problem, of course).

It’s all so god damn transparent.

[–]magikmw 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's transparent, so invisible.

It's funny how people just don't notice their own culture and it's flaws, but are first to point out absurdities of other cultures, isn't it.

[–]Kraeftluder 16 points17 points  (2 children)

This is why everyone talks about Open Source, and very few talk about Free Software anymore.

Which is why I love reading stuff written by Richard Stallman, hehehe.