Re: [Libreboot] [coreboot] FSF transgender discrimination anyone? GNU project refuses to let go of libreboot

[Richard Stallman]

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I'd like to remind people that the Free Software Foundation is not a
supporter of "open source".  I launched the free software movement in
1983.  We campaign for free (libre) software: software that respects
the freedom of those who use it.  Our principle is that a nonfree
program does injustice to its users, and our aim is to replace all
nonfree software with free software.

"Open source" was launched as a reaction against the free software
movement in 1998 by people who liked our free programs but rejected
our principles.  For them, it is a matter of convenience, not a matter
of right and wrong.

Those open source supporters have a right to their views, but the FSF
and I continue to campaign for free software, NOT for open source.

See http://gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
for more explanation of the difference between free software and open
source.  See also http://thebaffler.com/past/the_meme_hustler for
Evgeny Morozov's article on the same point.


-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org)
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