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sp332 on Feb 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software

In the Free Software model, there's no such thing as an end-user. Everyone gets to be a developer (for themselves or their friends). That's why it's so developer-friendly.

moron4hire on Feb 19, 2011 | [–]

unfortunately, when you build your software on "everyone gets to be a developer", more often than not it comes out as "everyone has to be a developer".

tbrownaw on Feb 19, 2011 | [–]

Yes, egcs and xemacs (and at least partly clang/llvm I think) are shining examples of the FSF's developer-friendliness.

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