Re: Open Source and DFSG conspiracy ?

[Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@pilot.msu.edu>]

   To clarify, RedHat is DFSG-compliant (it's listed in Open Source 
   products), and Debian is Open Source-compliant (Open Source definition 
   is DFSG), but because DFSG targets non-commercial software (ironically 
   the same software that appears on commercial Linux distros) and Open 
   Source targets commercial software, this classification is correct but 
   unintentional?  <shaking head>

Products that are DFSG compliant are Open Source compliant, and vice
versa.  It's two names for the same thing.  Suits understand `Open
Source' better than they understand `Free Software'; they have a
suspicion of anything that has `Free' in the name.  On the opposite
side, hackers understand `Free' better than `Open' because they
associate `Open' with abominations like `The Open Group' that aren't
open at all.

   What is the rationale for this distinction and why is it not stated 
   explicitly?

I hope I've clarified this a bit.


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