Open Source has been historically tied to corporations. It kicked off with Netscape opening their browser. Eric S Raymond was a major player behind the term, and he’s explicitly right-Libertarian.
Free Software, OTOH, is a different matter. I think the two are overdue for a divorce.
Open Source has been historically tied to corporations. It kicked off with Netscape opening their browser. Eric S Raymond was a major player behind the term, and he’s explicitly right-Libertarian.
Free Software, OTOH, is a different matter. I think the two are overdue for a divorce.
No, open source has been historically exploited by corporations.
By design, yes.
I happen to like the term FOSS and would like to keep it around. It’s catchy.
Definitely time to kick out the corporatists though.