anthony posts : >> embodies the spirit of Freedom, Community and Sharing that >> initially drew me to OSS in the first place
Freedom, Community and Sharing are the ideals taught to us by the Free Software Movement aka the GNU Project (http://www.gnu.org/) started by Richard Stallman in the year 1984. The Open Source Initiative started in 1997 and it does not say anything about the ethical values. Link up at http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html and hope this would help you more. Initially the Debian Project was funded by the Free Software Foundation but of late Debian is seen as drifting towards Open Source values, mainly in the direction of commercial/business interests. Commercial/business interests have not interest in forging a community and upholding ethical values, they just want to keep the community divided and helpless. Do read our mass memo to the Govt. of Kerala regarding the use of Free Software in our education system for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project at the link http://www.symonds.net/~fsug-kochi/mass-memo.html -- ragOO, VU2RGU :: Visit us at http://symonds.net/~fsug-kochi/ Helping to keep the Air-Waves FREE Amateur GNU Radio Helping to keep your Software FREE the GNU Project Helping to keep the W W W FREE Debian GNU/${kernel}
