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Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file
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Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file |
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Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:36:23 -0600 |
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Daniel Carrera wrote:
Free Software and Open Source Software *are* the same thing.
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html)
It is the movement philosophies that differ, not the software licensing.
I agree totally on this point
<http://subscribe.dotgnu.org/pipermail/developers/2002-March/002545.html>.
BTW the threaded archives for March haven't updated since the 21st.
Also, in the PHILOSOPHY file, I would suggest using the terms "Liberated"
and "Software Freedom" whenever possible. These carry all the meaning of
"Free Software" without the ambiguity.
I think that might be too drastic a step. FS has used the same name the whole
time, and changing that name is an extreme step, like releasing a new version
of the GPL ;)
I remember someone mentioning about how Free had a vague meaning, but there is
nothing to be done about this. Also, it serves as a good index of how many
people actually know about FS; if you say it, and they think you are referring
to 0-cost, then they haven't; if you say it, and they know what you are talking
about, or try to show how smart and in-the-know they are by mentioning GNU,
they have heard of it.
Apologies for my ridiculous gender avoidance in the above paragraph.
--
Shoot me again.
Just proving that the quickest way to solve the problem is to post a
whine to the newsgroups: within moments the solution presents itself to
me, and meanwhile my ass is hanging out on the Net... *sigh*...
-- Dave Phillips, address@hidden, about problem solving via news
- [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file, Silvernerd, 2002/03/26
- Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file, Daniel Carrera, 2002/03/26
- Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file, Matthew C. Tedder, 2002/03/27
- [DotGNU]Business Models for Free Software, Matthew C. Tedder, 2002/03/27
- Re: [DotGNU]Business Models for Free Software, Daniel Carrera, 2002/03/27
- Re: [DotGNU]Business Models for Free Software, Gopal.V, 2002/03/27
- Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file, Rhys Weatherley, 2002/03/26
- DotGNU Manifesto? (was Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file), S11001001, 2002/03/26
- Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file, John, 2002/03/26
- Re: [DotGNU]PHILOSOPHY file, Rhys Weatherley, 2002/03/26