Editing Free software movement (section)

=== Principle compromises ===
[[Eric Raymond]] criticises the speed at which the free software movement is progressing, suggesting that temporary compromises should be made for long-term gains. Raymond argues that this could raise awareness of the software and thus increase the free software movement's influence on relevant standards and legislation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html |title=ESR's "World Domination 201", on the need for more compromise by the free software movement |publisher=catb.org |author=Eric S. Raymond |date=2006-07-01 |access-date=2016-02-11 |author-link=Eric S. Raymond |archive-date=2019-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905031807/http://catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Richard Stallman, on the other hand, sees the current level of compromise as a greater cause for worry.<ref name="pragmatism"/><ref name="20 Years">{{cite web |last=Stallman |first=Richard |title=The Free Software Community After 20 Years |url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/use-free-software.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-04-04 |website=GNU |archive-date=2021-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425024735/http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/use-free-software.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libervis.com/article/richard_stallman_on_world_domination_201 |title=Richard Stallman on "World Domination 201" |quote=I cannot agree to that compromise, and my experience teaches me that it won't be temporary. ... What our community needs most is more spine in rejection of non-free software. It has far too much willingness to compromise. ... To "argue" in favor of adding non-free software in GNU/Linux distros is almost superfluous, since that's what nearly all of them have already done. |access-date=2008-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603124006/http://www.libervis.com/article/richard_stallman_on_world_domination_201 |archive-date=2013-06-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>