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by tbrownaw 3930 days ago
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not."

Open source vs free software is the opposite. Free software is about trying to claim the moral high ground, and proponents see a huge difference. Open source is about what works, and as long as it works all that silliness isn't all that relevant.

I would say that thinking they're the same means he's on the "open source" side of that, except that his "share-alike" promotional FUD is very clearly a "free software"-side argument.

:)

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Free software is about trying to claim the moral high ground, and proponents see a huge difference. Open source is about what works, and as long as it works all that silliness isn't all that relevant.

No bias here whatsoever. Nope.

Though, ironically, your justification for "open source" could just as easily be applied to proprietary software, rendering open source completely devoid of meaning.