โฒ 185 โผ What is your favorite quote of all time? (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by dukk@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] scubbo@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (2 children) don't say [those words] in my presence Will I regret asking why? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] tarneo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Free software tells you "do whatever you want, you're free" but open source completely misses the point: it means you can read the code, but not necessarily recompile, modify and redistribute. Plus the term was invented for the confusion that would come from it. For example, a lot of AI models like LLM's claim they are "open-source", which basically means nothing: it's far easier to say that than to claim it's a free model, because that would imply freedoms to modify, reuse, redistribute the training data, weight etc. (no AI model allows that for now, and there will probably never be one that does). permalink fedilink source parent [โ] folkrav@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Not OP, but I personally heavily dislike the confusion surrounding those terms - that is IMHO entirely self-inflicted. "Open-source" referring to FOSS as a whole, and what open-source sounds like actually being called "source available", is needlessly confusing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I usually write FOSS since I like acronyms, but when I speak I'd say open-source. I don't see how open-source is any more confusing than free software, considering most people would immediately think "free as in beer". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] folkrav@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago If only the term "free software" itself wasn't just as confusing lol permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] tarneo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago Free software tells you "do whatever you want, you're free" but open source completely misses the point: it means you can read the code, but not necessarily recompile, modify and redistribute. Plus the term was invented for the confusion that would come from it. For example, a lot of AI models like LLM's claim they are "open-source", which basically means nothing: it's far easier to say that than to claim it's a free model, because that would imply freedoms to modify, reuse, redistribute the training data, weight etc. (no AI model allows that for now, and there will probably never be one that does). permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] folkrav@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Not OP, but I personally heavily dislike the confusion surrounding those terms - that is IMHO entirely self-inflicted. "Open-source" referring to FOSS as a whole, and what open-source sounds like actually being called "source available", is needlessly confusing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I usually write FOSS since I like acronyms, but when I speak I'd say open-source. I don't see how open-source is any more confusing than free software, considering most people would immediately think "free as in beer". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] folkrav@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago If only the term "free software" itself wasn't just as confusing lol permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Evkob@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) I usually write FOSS since I like acronyms, but when I speak I'd say open-source. I don't see how open-source is any more confusing than free software, considering most people would immediately think "free as in beer". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] folkrav@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago If only the term "free software" itself wasn't just as confusing lol permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] folkrav@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago If only the term "free software" itself wasn't just as confusing lol permalink fedilink source parent