https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Commentary%3A_PragmatismCommentary: Pragmatism - Revision history2026-07-17T19:48:28ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.2https://wiki.cs.earlham.edu/index.php?title=Commentary:_Pragmatism&diff=5941&oldid=prevJrogers at 16:04, 23 September 20082008-09-23T16:04:48Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>GNU is guided by unusually clearly stated fundamental principles. But, as Stallman notes, the LGPL represents a more pragmatic choice. Why be pragmatic with respect to licensing libraries but not with respect to using non-free libraries? Does the mixing of free and non-free software undermine the principles of software freedom? Has the kind of commercialization that has occurred in the "Open Source" industry undermined those principles?</div>Jrogers