At present, we have plenty of 'keep quiet', but not enough freedom talk. Most people involved with free software say little about freedom--usually because they seek to be 'more acceptable to business.' Software distributors especially show this pattern. Some GNU/Linux operating system distributions add proprietary packages to the basic free system, and they invite users to consider this an advantage, rather than a step backwards from freedom.

Today many people are switching to free software for purely practical reasons. That is good, as far as it goes, but that isn't all we need to do! Attracting us…

To stop using the word 'free' now would be a mistake; we need more, not less, talk about freedom. If those using the term 'open source' draw more users into ou…

The Open Source Definition is clear enough, and it is quite clear that the typical non-free program does not qualify. So you would think that 'Open Source comp…