Mike is always willing to be more blunt than I am about things, and he stays true to form in his response to the recent discussion on copyfighters and their use (or not) of open-source applications:

Those who've studied the radical tradition might acknowledge that the first sign a cultural or political movement has become genuinely widespread is its politicization in the development of a party line. [...] I might suggest that drawing a party line -- telling people that if they're in favor of open source, they have to use open source software -- is a fine way to get people to say, "OK. I guess I'm not in favor of open source, then."

As George W. Bush demonstrated to the United Nations with his "with us or against us" rhetoric, if you draw an exclusionary line, people will cross it. Only they might not go in the direction you want.

Go read the rest here.