[rkido]

"Open process" might be a good term for everything else that goes into producing open-source software.

Free software is not about licenses; they're a very limited means to an end. If we didn't have copyright, some other means would be needed.

For freedom to spread, free software has to become faster, prettier, more convenient, and more intuitive than proprietary software. I would go further than this and say that the distinction between developers and users has to become fuzzier, so that anyone can edit software without needing to be a "developer".

Sadly, developers love their arcane tools because it makes them feel elite. And the FSF / GNU project participates in this elitism by continuing to promote such arcane tools. Software like GNU Emacs only meets the absolute bare minimum of "free software"; it empowers hackers but it doesn't empower the general public.

The next movement, whatever it will be called, needs to embrace open source licensing, and open process, and end user empowerment.