Jonas Oberg schreef op do 16-11-2017 om 15:10 [+0100]:
I would posit though that to the extent there's a difference between two groups (I'm not convinced there are, at least not so distinctly), then the difference is not between whether they use "Free Software" or "Open Source" as a term, but precisely the differences you mention.
There is a difference between the groups. "Open Source" is a tool or methadology, not a moral stance or ideology like "Free Software" is. That's really the only difference, as I see it.
This difference has a few rammifications. Open Source advocates mightn't be as bothered by user-hostile features as Free Software advocates. So what if this software tracks the user? It's open source, the user can change it if they don't like it.
Free Software advocates, on the other hand, tend to go to much further extents to respect the individual freedom and privacy of their users.
But that's just an empirical observation. In the end, all Free Software is Open Source Software, and almost all Open Source Software is Free Software.
Yours,
-- Carmen Bianca Bakker Technical Intern Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.