Questions tagged [philosophy]

Use this tag for questions about the philosophy behind open source and free software.

Behind the idea of open source or free software exists a strong philosophy about the rights of people using the creations of others.

Use this tag for questions about the philosophy behind open source and free software.

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What are the philosophical differences between open source and free/libre software (if they exist at all)?

In the answers to this question it was shown, that a few licenses exist, that are only open source but not free software or the other way round. Still, most licenses are both or neither, so the overlap is very big. But the communities around open…
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Is the capacity of open source developers an infinite resource?

Last year, I participated in a Birds of a Feather panel discussion at Devoxx. During this panel discussion, David Blevins explained: "We have this fairytale idea that open source is an infinite resource, but it's not," Blevins said. An approach…
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Why do free/libre software advocates tolerate proprietary firmwares in just about every computer components except Wi-Fi cards?

Free/Libre GNU/Linux distributions always talk about how to avoid non-free binary blobs when using Wi-Fi cards which pretty much means using only Atheros chipsets. What about other devices like hard drives, wired Ethernet cards, DVD ROMs.. Don't…
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