ESR Writes About O'Reilly and FSF Differences

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday August 19, 2001 @04:56AM from the not-anything-really-surprising dept.

dopplex writes: "Over here at Linux Today, Eric S. Raymond has written an amusing piece in which A.) He analyzes the way in which we use the word freedom, B.) Examines the point of view of both O'Reilly and the FSF on 'freedom' and C.) Coins the term 'flerbage,' which I hereby suggest be put into immediate use, just because it's a really cool word." It's cheesy but it is a good way for people to understand the difference between Open Source and Free Software. (Oh, and I figured I'd just mention that I'll never use that F word since I think its stupid)

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Whoops... "an" info-communist. EOM. by aussersterne · 2001-08-19 05:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I hate it when I make a stupid spelling mistake in the middle of my point.

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Re:2.2 code is rubbish. by masq · 2001-08-19 05:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I've been getting those for a couple days, too. I switched from Opera to Netscape, and it seems to work okay.

But, as always, YMMV.
(Your Mileage May Vary)