[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] libpostproc splitout

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024, at 14:59, Nicolas George wrote:
> Jean-Baptiste Kempf (12024-11-26):
>> Open Source encompasses Libre Software for years, and is a superset.
>
> Juridically, yes. Philosophically, absolutely not. Open Source is about
> making profit with software while still providing the source code. Libre
> Software is about making good code ans sharing it with our fellow
> hackers and serving the public as a side effect.

Absolutely not. Read the OSI definition and the various discussions with RMS about it.

Open Source is about ensuring the rights for the developers, Free Software is about the rights for the end users.

>> But, to answer to your point, Governance for Libre Software and Open Source is exactly the same.
>
> No, they are not, precisely due to the fundamental differences in
> philosophy.

Yes, they are.

Having contributed to several non-profits doing Free Software, and leading one, which deliver Free Software to hundred of millions of people, ensuring users freedom, I know quite a bit about this subject.


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