Free software and open source philosophies differ,, sometimes with radically different outcomes

[Mirko Boehm]

Hello,


> On 22. Nov 2017, at 07:25, Mat Witts <admin at yuj.it> wrote:
> 
>> You are projecting your own political beliefs onto everyone in the
> Free Software movement.
> 
> Not quite, what I am doing is suggesting that a persons political
> beliefs can be broadly predicted using some basic knowledge of Open
> Source and Free Software principles and established social and political
> theory.
> 
> You are of course at liberty to reject those theories and the basis for
> them if you think they are unreliable.

I reject your hypothesis that a persons political beliefs can be broadly predicted using some basic knowledge of Open Source and Free Software principles and established social and political theory. I find this claim so absurd that I have a hard time arguing against it. Political beliefs are a multidimensional bundle based on a complex value system. I am raising this point because I fear that simply stating this claim in public may seriously damage the reputation of FSFE. Please refrain from doing so :-)

Mirko.
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