Z:gnu-www-ja-open-source-misses-the-point--a79b8e-The main initial motivation of/en

The main initial motivation of those who split off the open source camp from the free software movement was that the ethical ideas of &ldquo;free software&rdquo; made some people uneasy. That's true: raising ethical issues such as freedom, talking about responsibilities as well as convenience, is asking people to think about things they might prefer to ignore, such as whether their conduct is ethical. This can trigger discomfort, and some people may simply close their minds to it. It does not follow that we ought to stop talking about these issues.