Op za 23-08-2003, om 15:02 schreef Toby Bartels:
I really don't know anything about CC's Lawrence Lessig. Given the internecine political battles between "free" and "open", does anybody know how RMS and Lessig feel about each other?
The difference between free software and open source is that open source emphasizes the access to source code, and not the rights you are given in the license.
This is what Raymond writes in the OSI Faq: http://www.opensource.org/advocacy/faq.php "Are you guys opposed to intellectual property rights?" "The Open Source Initiative does not have a position on whether ideas can be owned, whether patents are good or bad, or any of the related controversies. We think the economic self-interest arguments for open source are strong enough that nobody needs to go on any moral crusades about it."
So Lessig and Stallman are on the same side of this, emphasizing users rights when they buy copyrighted works.
I know that Lessig wrote the foreword to RMS's collected essays; but OTOH, Lessig says "open" rather than "free" now.
His best speech is called "Free Culture", his upcoming book has the same title. http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/
Wouter Vanden Hove http://www.opencursus.be http://www.open-education.org
PS: Whoops, I've got two "Open"s in my urls. :)