[Gllug] BB4::excel

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On Mon, 27 May 2002, tet at accucard.com yowled:
> 
>>If I have understood the home page correctly and got my own
>>understanding of 'Open Source' vs 'Free Software' it could be considered
>>the former and please Mr. Raymond but is not 'Free Software' and
>>therefore not please Mr. Stallman.  Is this right or am I once more
>>barking completely up the wrong tree at squirrels long since gone?
> 
> Close, but no cigar. The difference between the two is actually almost
> negligible. Originally, Open Source was intended to be a rebranding of
> Free Software, to make it more appealing to corporate types. The two
> were the same thing. Then the Open Source Initiative approved a license
> that the FSF found objectionable, and hence RMS launched himself on his
> current crusade to distance himself from "Open Source".

RMS was endeavouring to distance himself long before that, because he
felt that throwing away the moral/political issues was a seriously bad
idea. (I agree, FWIW.)

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