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

[Doug Winter]

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 :)

doug.

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