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		riedel on March 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Open Source Initiative Did Not Win Neo4j vs. P... Actually FOSS (just as OSS) _only_ respects the freedom of the licencee. Any ethical restrictions that are not part of the legal environment (like export control) make open source "unfree" as uncompromised openness is a precondition. IMHO opinion freedom stops there where it restricts the freedom of someone else. I think FSF is in parts neoliberal and should engage more in an ethical discussion. Just claiming to be free of ideology is ideology itself... (Edit: made clear that it is not only a FOSS but also OSI "problem")

pabs3 on March 19, 2022 [–]

Definitely that is the case.

I think this essay probably applies to the FSF's position on the Ethical Source movement even though it wasn't written by them:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/mar/17/copyleft-ethical-...

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