Think about all the frees and opens and what they reveal
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 by Dave Winer.
Okay now we have Open Social to add to a long list of Opens and Frees. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Open Source -- let's see your source code. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Open Doc -- let's get rid of Office. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Open ID -- let's see your users. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Free Beer -- Web 2.0. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Free Software -- no code-level lock-in. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
These aren't good or bad, they just serve someone's interest without thinking about the users' interest (at best) or counter to the users' interest (at worst). ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Which suggests maybe it's time to get to the point. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Free Users. ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Let my people go! ![Permalink to this paragraph](http://www.scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
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