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by peterarmstrong 2641 days ago
Speaking of OSS: essentially the whole reason that the term "Open Source Software" exists is because the Free Software Foundation often comes across like this. "Free Software" is the brand for people who think that modest proposals like this one are reasonable; Open Source is the brand for actually pragmatic people.

The fact that you'll write "I'm all for OSS, but..." shows how successful this cultural branding effort has been...