Comment Re:The End-Users most of the time don't really car (Score 1) 96
I absolutely agree with your statement here:
Open source is not about being free, it is mostly about the sharing of information with the goal of making it better and aiding everyone.
I think the phrase "open source" has gotten overly politicized over the years and for many people is approaching the level of an "-ism." I think the shift to calling it "community driven" software (or the like) better represents the meaning and intent of most projects. Things start to go awry when the that goal gets pushed to the side in the favor of some "agenda" that has little to do with the purpose of the project itself (examples like monkeying around with license agreements come to mind) or when egos and "religious zealotry" get in the way of community communication.