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

[John Adams <jadams01 sprynet com>]

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/