<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://digipres.club/@philpem" class="u-url mention">@<span>philpem</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pleroma.m68k.church/users/gorplop" class="u-url mention">@<span>gorplop</span></a></span> ultimately I think this whole argument is much easier when we skip the proxy arguments around the semantics of what is and isn't "open source" and get right down to the meat of it, which is that there are a lot of people whose opinions on the matter are solely driven by their discomfort with the idea that they might need to engage with a commerical piece of software in order to get the most out of an open project.</p>