@eruwero@ieji.de
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org @tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz And I don't have anything against Linux, it's great software and I use it every day. But I have yet to hear a good argument for (exclusively) using the name of the kernel to represent a huge family of operating systems. MacOS/OS X is also not called Darwin or XNU (apparently that's the name of the kernel), for example. I'm not saying everyone who uses it this way is wrong but the arguments for it that I know are not convincing, given the history of free operating systems.[7/8]
@eruwero@ieji.de
@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org @tusharhero@mathstodon.xyz I don't get why discussions about terminology turn into weird accusations against each other. The terminology is not the most important thing to talk about, but it is an indication of the underlying values and goals, and those are definitely important. I tried to argue why it is important to think about the different implications of #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource, not that one term is "better". Both are valid, but they focus on different things, and this is IMO important. [8/8]
