Z:gnu-www-ja-drdobbs-letter--0ff615-Years later, in 1998, another/en

Years later, in 1998, another group began operating under the term &ldquo;open source&rdquo;. They have contributed to the free software community in practical ways, but they stand for very different views. They studiously avoid the issues of freedom and principle that we raise in the free software movement; they cite only short-term practical benefits as the reasons for what they do.