29 Sept 2009

Is free software “communist”? Maybe yes...

Some prominent people have called free software “communist” in an attempt to bring Cold War bugaboos to bear against the movement—a kind of “nuclear option” of FUD. I remember the paranoia of the Cold War personally, and I thought then (and I still do now) that it was “just stupid”.

So rather than react as some have done with a knee-jerk “no it’s not!”, I propose to accept the label and see where that insight takes us. Maybe there is something communist about free software? I think we will see, however, that the idea behind free software is far more radical: no less “communist” than “capitalist”, but no more so, either.

Use the link provided for the rest of Terry Hancock's article...

P.S. End in site for Yugoslav domains (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8278364.stm)
Websites using the .yu domain extension will cease to be available online from the 30th of September; in other words, the ICANN is finishing up the job NATO started earlier...

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