Z:gnu-www-ja-rms-nyu-2001-transcript--3811ba-Because on the deepest issue o/en

Because on the deepest issue of all, you know, on the ethical question, the two movements disagree. You know, in the free software movement we say, &ldquo;You're entitled to these freedoms. People shouldn't stop you from doing these things.&rdquo; In the open source movement, they say, &ldquo;Yes, they can stop you if you want, but we'll try to convince them to deign to let you to do these things.&rdquo; Well, they have contributed &mdash; they have convinced a certain number of businesses to release substantial pieces of software as free software in our community. So they, the open source movement, has contributed substantially to our community. And so we work together on practical projects. But, philosophically, there's a tremendous disagreement.