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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/drdobbs-letter.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/drdobbs-letter.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f34fe4a --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/drdobbs-letter.html @@ -0,0 +1,144 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>Letter to the Editor of Dr. Dobb's Journal +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> +<!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/drdobbs-letter.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>Letter to the Editor of Dr. Dobb's Journal</h2> + +<p> +Dear Editor, +</p> +<p> +I am sure you don't realize how ironic it is to associate me and Tim +O'Reilly with “open source”. +</p> +<p> +If the House Un-American Activities Committee asked me, “Are you +now or have you ever been a supporter of the open source +movement,” I could proudly and cheerfully say no. I've been +campaigning since 1984 for <em>free software</em>—free as in +freedom. (See the GNU Manifesto, Dr. Dobb's Journal, Sept. 1985.) +</p> +<p> +Free software means, roughly, that you are free to study what it does, +free to change it, free to redistribute it, and free to publish +improved versions. +(See <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a> +for more details.) You deserve these freedoms; everyone deserves +them. I wrote the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), the target +of <a href="/philosophy/gpl-american-way.html">Microsoft's greatest +ire</a>, to defend these freedoms for all users, in the spirit of the +free software movement. +</p> +<p> +Years later, in 1998, another group began operating under the term +“open source”. They have contributed to the free software +community in practical ways, but they stand for very different views. +They studiously avoid the issues of freedom and principle that we +raise in the free software movement; they cite only short-term +practical benefits as the reasons for what they do. +</p> +<p> +Their stated definition for the term “open source” is +somewhat broader than free software, and thus includes my work. But +describing the GNU GPL as an “open source license,” as +Microsoft did, is more than half misleading. The GNU GPL embodies the +firm philosophy of the free software movement; it doesn't come from +the open source movement. I am not a supporter of the open source +movement, and never have been. +</p> +<p> +Tim O'Reilly, by contrast, is a pillar of the open source movement, at +least to hear him tell it. However, if you look at actions rather +than words, most of the manuals published by O'Reilly Associates do +not qualify as open source, let alone as free. The handful of free +titles are exceptions. He could easily excuse himself to +<abbr title="House Un-American Activities Committee">HUAC</abbr>—“Yes, +I talked about open source, but I didn't really do much of it.” +</p> +<p> +If O'Reilly moves to selling free-as-in-freedom books in the future, he +could become a true supporter of the free software movement, or at least +the open source movement. [Later in 2001, O'Reilly Associates published a +couple of additional free books. We are grateful for this contribution to +the free software community, and we look forward to more of the same.] +</p> +<p> +With the recent founding of FSF-Europe, and the coming inauguration of +FSF-India, the free software movement is going stronger than ever. +Please don't lump us in with the other movement in our community. +</p> +<p> +Sincerely, +</p> +<p> + Richard Stallman +President, +Free Software Foundation +</p> + +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to +<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. +There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> +the FSF. 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