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Is the Open Source Movement Libertarian?

“Yesterday the president of the Open Source Initiative attempted
to show how the philosophy underscoring the open-source movement
and libertarianism are best pals.

“But can they even be enemies?

“The problem with his argument, along with everyone else that
attempts to make ‘open source’ a philosophy on par with other
political philosophies, is that the level of code transparency and
how it is distributed really boils down to a matter of strategic
management…”

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