FOSS Philosophy Debate

It's possible to be a FOSS proponent without taking it personally whenever someone uses a non-free piece of software.

the FOSS community might disagree with this statement

I do believe it was just poor wording.I don't feel strong disagreement with the four freedoms, but the biggest reason I've gone fully _OSS and intentionally avoid "free/libre" is because I don't want to endorse the FSF tactics and because I want to encourage others to demand more radical innovations instead of forty more years of the same.What I find most disappointing when I talk to the FSF is that if I bring up social finance and technically enabled social d

It's like FOSS - it's up to us.

Do they openly advocate for the end of free software?

“I sure do wish FOSS was less free.”

I've seen a few articles lately that suggest that the FSF needs to get with the times and stop being so militant about free software. But if you're looking for an organization whose philosophy is "free software is a good idea, but social issues in the tech community are more important, and who cares about 'microcode' or 'blobs'", there are already a lot of organizations that can offer that for you. That's Mozilla, that's the GNOME Foundation, to

I will assume you're not trolling but that just don't know what FOSS is about. Check this out https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html

This is a disingenuous argument.I work on some free software projects and most people don't even know who RMS is. There are multiple Free/Open Source software associations, projects and communities to choose, all with different people working on them, some of them don't tolerate such behavior.If none of those fit, people can just create their own and choose who to associate with.

in your answer, where do you think i made a mistake?the user says >I don't think FOSS people would agree on that at all.what did i say wrong?