[pp.int.general] OTR Chatting en mass?

Richard Stallman rms at gnu.org
Thu Jul 11 22:04:10 CEST 2013


    It also looks like the client will be open source but not free software.

What specific facts is that conclusion based on?  It is possible for a
program to be open source but not free software, but it is extremely
unusual in an application.  A priori, a misunderstanding is more
likely.  Could this be a misunderstanding?

See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
for more explanation of the difference between free software and open
source.


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Dr Richard Stallman
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Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call.



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