“Hearing the terms ‘free software’ or ‘open source,’ you might
imagine that they referred to a single school of thought. Even
‘free and open source software’ (FOSS) suggests only two different
outlooks: Free software, which values political and philosophical
freedom, and open source, whose main interest is enhanced software
quality.“Yet all these impressions would be misleading. When you look,
there are at least seven different types of FOSS supporters…”
A Field Guide to Free Software Supporters
By
Bruce Byfield
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