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Re: [OS:N:] RE: N:] Open Source as a form of Anarcho-Communism?



On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 09:49 PM, Brent Fox wrote:


If you read the writings of the more well known Open Source/Free
Software people (Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens, Eben
Moglen, etc.) I don't think you'll find much to support the
anarcho-communist theory.

Keep in mind these are not documents from people who sat down and decided what sort of political theory they wanted to express through software--these are retrospective explanations of what they did. (I think this is true even of Stallman, though I could make the argument both ways.)


What you want to do is look at facts, not opinions. If their actual behavior fits your theory, then their words contradicting you are pointless.

All the best,

	John A
	see me fulminate at http://www.jzip.org/





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