The Party of Gno | Linux Magazine

It’s time for the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and other free software supporters to stop being the Party of Gno, and start thinking of positive ways to push for software freedom. The negative campaigns and telling users what not to use aren’t working. It’s time for change.

I'm glad someone finally stated what has been obvious to me for a long time now. Idealism only goes so far; in the end, if all you're doing is complaining about something "bad" without providing a compelling "good" alternative that people will actually use, you're not going to convince anyone. (I say this as a supporter of the FSF; I think they are often the canaries in the coal mines of modern technology and how it can be abused, but their recent name-calling campaigns like "iBad" have really turned me off.)