Bumping into Stallman, again
It is still valuable to ask people not to use the term &quot;open source&quot;, and to explain why.<p>The free software movement is a liberation movement. As we have seen in the ~30 years since the movement started, when users are not allowed examine, modify, and share the software runs on their computers that software is used against them.    Proprietary software is all about gaining power over users.  It is not a theory anymore.  It is an overwhelming, proved fact.<p>The &quot;open source&quot; brand was created to combat the liberation movement.   The people who devised the &quot;open source&quot; name and promoted it oppose the free software movement.  The &quot;open source&quot; founders set out to advance the cause of gaining power over users.<p>The free software movement fights for freedom.  The &quot;open source&quot; instigators wanted to interfere with that fight, to distract people from it, and above all, to make it harder for the libre software movement to gain technical advantages over proprietary software.