nonsense about free software

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It seems that free software is one of those issues which creates a series of wild claims and endless. If I referred at the time to a few, as this technology is sloppy, which is free and does not generate economic movement, which is unsecured, ending with small development companies, which source codes are patented by their fault, It is bad for the technology market or that it is unfair to implant in the administration and schools, all false, I bring A new batch of misconceptions on it.

  • ” The free software programs are pirated and expired licenses “. The development of this technology is as independent of their specific areas such as the deprivation, and starts from the same point: it leverages the existing one, always available to anyone in this case, to improve it, but in any way by shooting code usually never without express permission of the author . As for licenses, if any proprietary software expires and is not renewed, it becomes liberated as in all fields; but Being a programmer and use proprietary software is like to be a mechanic and not to open the hood of the car to fix a malfunction free software developers need not wait to do it or because already working their own codes .

  • “Free software does not respect patents and copyrights” . Free software, by definition, does not use proprietary and patents care little because their developers do not handle it patented. They not lose their copyright and free software developers ; what happens is that, simply, free use and modification of the technology they have developed.

  • “The free software programs are incompatible with proprietary operating systems, “. To be true, we are seeing expansion of this technology would be much poorer, a terrible miscalculation, and it is not so: There are lots of free software programs compatible with proprietary operating systems

  • “It does not matter if the software is free or not; what matters is “ that works. The great advantage of this technology is that anyone can tinker with the code of a program to solve a problem you have or simply to improve. With proprietary software, one has no choice to put up and wait for their owners and optimize rectify it in the next version. It is as if one were mechanical and could not open the hood of the car to check that everything is in order or fix a malfunction.

Free Software nonsense

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  • “Free software is as important as freedom of expression” . It depends on if you have a certain program is essential to the common good , as is that everyone can express their opinions without restrictions. But in terms, for example, tools of a normal computer user, the software would not necessarily be free. Now, what happens is that we take this statement as it should The free software innovation has no limits and only depends on the creativity of the developers be the free software the same benefits it provides us, not as it should not also develop proprietary.

  • “Free software just innovation” . Facilitate unlimited access to this technology makes the dynamics of development to accelerate exponentially and never stop, without requiring ruthlessly as the continuity of the bases of the proprietary programs, so that innovation does not have limits or is slowed and only depends on the creativity of developers.

  • “You can not introduce free software in the Administration or in a company and then use an iPhone “. The privacy of any person, political, administrative and business leaders including has nothing to do with the fact that use free software in a working system saves costs and facilitates the bustle ; and because budgetary control and efficiency are central to the business world and public administration, an implant free software leader and not internalize its philosophy nor bring it to your personal level it is irrelevant. It reminds me of the story of the distributor of Coca-Cola that caught drinking Pepsi: perhaps influenced the quality of your work do you drink down his throat

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    “It is inconsistent and hypocritical reject neoliberalism and, at the same time advocating the use of free software” . It is not correct to equate freedom and neoliberalism, since freedom of neoliberalism is only those who have the financial means to exercise it without the state power importune them (and not having the means to exercise one’s freedom is like not having it is unreal, does not exist), that is, private property is above the common good in any case. And free software has nothing to do with this: The philosophy of free software has nothing to do with the communist political system all have the means (the possibility of changing technology directly) and promotes the common good of their results facto .

  • “The philosophy of free software is communist” . Communism is a political system with very specific characteristics and as utopian as the neoliberal horizon: magically, all we will behave well and we will not abuse others if the socio-economic system is defending its ideologues. And free software, much that is “public property” has nothing to do with anti-capitalist revolutions, dictatorship of the proletariat, etc. . It is only the possibility, among other different, that anyone can improve the technology without restrictions other than those to maintain the same possibility for others without renouncing the recognition of copyright. Needless singing International to chop a released code. So, please, no more nonsense about free software.

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