When Libertarians Attack Free Software

Posted by kdawson on Friday October 23, 2009 @04:16AM from the enemy-of-mine-enemy dept.

binarybits writes 'I've got a new article analyzing the unfortunate tendency of libertarian and free-market organizations to attack free software. The latest example is a policy analyst at the Heartland Institute who attacks network neutrality regulations by arguing that advocates have 'unwittingly bought into' the 'radical agenda' of the free software movement. I argue that in reality, the free market and free software are entirely compatible, and libertarians are shooting themselves in the foot by antagonizing the free software movement.'

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Re:who's freedom? by dyfet · 2009-10-23 04:29 · Score: 1, Troll

That is because most Libertarians association freedom with greed rather than freedom with responsibility.
Re:who's freedom? by JumpDrive · 2009-10-23 05:05 · Score: 1, Troll

So basically you are saying that the government should back out of everything and let corporations take over.
Sounds pretty Republican to me.