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[–]Gangster 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I like Lunduke.

I think a certain wing of the movement gets wayyyy too caught up on the minutiæ of the terminology. If you watch Stallman's recent lectures, his main point is to emphasise the distinctions between 'open-source' and 'free'.

FFS, focus on the real enemy here: GAFAM and spy agencies!!! Know what battle you're fighting! While you were debating the distinction between 'open-source' and 'free', a corporation added spyware to every new car. Prioritise!

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

GAFAM

I had to look it up.

The Big Four is a name used to describe the four multinational technology companies Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. The Big Four are sometimes referred to as GAFA, an acronym for Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. The term Big Five is sometimes used to include Microsoft, another major technology company. ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_tech_companies

I also like FANG = Facebook Amazon Netscape Google.

Open-source sites like GitHub are owned by big players and they get the benefits of all that free and open source stuff too.