[fsf-community-team] Why should we talk about the freedom?

[Simon Bridge]

This got posted on the NZLUG lists... lock and load:

> The average bloke doesn't give a monkeys about libre. For too long
> open
> source zealots have been pushing the libre side, when really the four
> freedoms mainly apply to the freedom of programmers. After reading a
> recent blog i now follow the belief that we should be pushing the
> merits
> of the individual programs: compiz to teens, OO.o export to PDF to
> whoever needs that ability, AdBlock Plus on Firefox to all internet
> users, LAMP stacks for the web, Opera and SVG for the web (especially
> gradient curved corner backgrounds){Firefox won't do CSS SVG}, 500 top
> supercomputer stats to big business and SELinux (which was started by
> the USA NSA) to security conscious companies. 
> 

Practice picking this apart.