[Gllug] An article for you from an Economist.com reader.

[Ian Norton]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 12:45:36PM +0100, Doug Winter wrote:
> On Fri 18 Jun Richard Cohen wrote:
> > You should feel free to write a concise, eloquent letter to The
> > Economist, point out the difference between free software and open
> > source software, and GNU's rightful place in the ecosystem.  Just try
> > not to sound like a foaming-at-the-mouth hippie or commie, and you'd
> > have a good chance of getting it printed, I think. :-)
> 
> But there isn't any difference.  Calling stuff "Open Source" was just a
> marketing exercise really, because someone decided companies won't like
> the idea of foaming-at-the-mouth hippies going on about freedom :)
> 

I do think the original quote was fair though, the linux kernel is the best
known GPL project, but i expect they mean it in terms of the GNU/Linux whole
shebang, but, for a non-technical paper, you have to give them leeway

Ian

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