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(1) RMS and Bruce Perens don’t represent the developing world. They may have done some good for the developing world, but they certainly do not represent any part of the developing world.

(2) I was involved to some degree in WSIS, and your analysis is not one I disagree with. I was not there in person. That Free Software (notably, not open source!) supporters were around was nice, but Stallman’s and Greve’s ‘our way or the highway approach’ created it’s own problems. Perhaps the Tunis Declaration gave a false sense of security, I do not know. What I do know is that advocates for Freedom and Openness have been and continue to be at odds with each other. See point (1).

(3) Don’t worry about the BBC’s portrayal. The people who don’t understand FOSS in the developing world will likely never understand it; you have to breath the dust and choke on the infrastructure. It’s a common problem with media in the developed world. They think we sell mangoes to buy computers or something. So, sell them mangoes. One has nothing to do with the other.

(4) Good rant. I wish I had seen the episodes, but alas… I was too busy doing other things to watch what other people *think* we are doing.