On: The culture war at the heart of open source

[mattnewport]

I think the FSF philosophy has proved remarkably prescient. For a long time I didn't really get it and it seemed excessively rigid and unrealistic. So many of the dangers that I now see in the path of technology were anticipated in the founding principles and four freedoms however. I've definitely come round if not yet a card carrying convert.

[bitwize → mattnewport]

There's a whole subreddit called /r/StallmanWasRight so you're hardly alone.