Subject: Re: AUT: Open Source (was: parecon)
From: "Dave Graham" <davgraham-AT-merseymail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:40:47 +0000


> 
> On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 06:09  pm, John Holloway wrote:
> 
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> >     What's Open Source?
> 


I'd add 

Oekonux.org - Free Software oltre Marx
Rekombinator - Internet 08.12.2001 
Oekonux: Oekonomie + Linux. Lista dedicata al Free Software come motore
rivoluzionario per una nuova societa'. In questa intervista Stefan Merten
spiega lo scontro tra movimento Free Software e Open Source. Le origini nel
gruppo Krisis.

N.B. 'Oekonux' si pronuncia 'oikonux'. 


I have an electronic copy but I've managed to delete the URL [silly] 

BTW the interview with Steven Merten of Oekonux is in English

Beginning below
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FREE SOFTWARE & GPL SOCIETY
Interview with Stefan Merten, Oekonux, Germany 
by Joanne Richardson, Subsol

Q: Oekonux - an abbreviation of "OEKOnomie" and "liNUX" - is a German
mailing list discussing the revolutionary possibilities of Free Software.
Many people speak of Free Software and Open Source Software interchangeably
- could you explain how you understand the differences between them?

The term "Free Software" is older than "Open Source". "Free Software" is
used by the Free Software Foundation [http://www.fsf.org/] founded by
Richard Stallman in 1985. The term "Open Source" has been developed by Eric
S. Raymond and others, who, in 1998, founded the Open Source Initiative
[http://www.opensource.org/]. It's not so much a question of definition as
of the philosophy behind the two parts of the movement - the differences
between the definition of Open Source Software and Free Software are
relatively few. But whereas Free Software emphasizes the freedom Free
Software gives the users, Open Source does not care about freedom. The Open
Source Initiative (OSI) was founded exactly for the reason to make Free
Software compatible with business people's thinking, and the word "freedom"
has been considered harmful for that purpose.


SNIP

If anyone wants the rest I'll gladly forward an attachment in Word

Another interesting paper on the "end of value" written by one Jim Davis -
I have that and some other stuff on the same if anyone is interested.

Gra




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