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[News] Free (Libre) Software Needs its Goal and Identity Defended

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Winning the war won't secure peace for open source

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| Open source may have won the argument, but that does not mean the world will 
| now change, says Mark Taylor. 
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| According to Mahatma Gandhi: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, 
| then they fight you, then you win"*. So by that reckoning, it must be pretty 
| much 'job done' for free software.  
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| Over the past few months I have experienced the eerie sensation that no-one 
| is fighting us any more. Not only are audiences polite, enthusiastic and well 
| informed at conferences, they are almost all using free software already.  
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/comment/0,1000002985,39659863,00.htm

It’s time for the community to take charge of its brand

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| There are a couple of “beginner’s mistakes” when thinking about Free Software 
| in general and its commercial application, in particular. One is to believe 
| there was a substantial difference in the software referred to by the 
| terms “Free Software” and “Open Source.” There isn’t. As far as the actual 
| software is concerned, both terms are as synonymous as things get in real 
| life, with experts debating about details around the fringes. The differences 
| between the terms lie in framing and brand.      
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| From the perspective of brand management, Open Source is a failed re-branding 
| effort over which its creators lost control, followed by brand degradation 
| through abuse and over-extension into areas such as business and development 
| models. This has become another beginner’s mistake in Free Software, as 
| highlighted in “What makes a Free Software company?”.    
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http://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=347

"Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with
politics," respond those who don't want to learn."

                --Richard Stallman
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