[pp.int.general] Stances on different ideologies (was: Current state of Piratenpartei Deutschland in general)

Kaj Sotala kaj.sotala at piraattipuolue.fi
Tue Nov 11 23:53:26 CET 2008


On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:12 AM, Richard M. Stallman <rms at gnu.org> wrote:
>    The seeds for that
>    ideology were sown many years before Rick founded the first Pirate
>    Party, back when the Open Source movement was born,
>
> Are you thinking about 1983, when I founded the free software
> movement?  Or are you thinking about 1998, when open source split off
> from the free software movement?

Mostly I was thinking about something that covered both of them. But
yes, of the two, 1983 and the free software movement are closer to the
Pirate ideals than just open source - I wasn't aware of the exact
distinction before.


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