www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       13/11/20 19:00:11

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        Add FOSS and FLOSS.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.169&r2=1.170

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.169
retrieving revision 1.170
diff -u -b -r1.169 -r1.170
--- words-to-avoid.html 19 Nov 2013 13:22:25 -0000      1.169
+++ words-to-avoid.html 20 Nov 2013 19:00:10 -0000      1.170
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@
 | &ldquo;<a
        href="#Ecosystem">Ecosystem</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a
+       href="#FLOSS">FLOSS</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a
        href="#ForFree">For free</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a
+       href="#FOSS">FOSS</a>&rdquo;
+| &ldquo;<a
        href="#FreelyAvailable">Freely available</a>&rdquo;
 | &ldquo;<a
        href="#Freeware">Freeware</a>&rdquo;
@@ -417,6 +421,13 @@
 freedom.
 </p>
 
+<h4 id="FLOSS">&ldquo;FLOSS&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+The term &ldquo;FLOSS&rdquo; was coined as a way
+to<a href="/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html"> be neutral between free
+software and open source</a>.  If neutrality is your goal,
+&ldquo;FLOSS&rdquo; is the best way to be neutral.  But if you want to
+show you stand for freedom, don't use a neutral term.</p>
 
 <h4 id="ForFree">&ldquo;For free&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
@@ -434,6 +445,13 @@
 To avoid confusion, you can say that the program is available
 &ldquo;as free software.&rdquo;</p>
 
+<h4 id="FOSS">&ldquo;FOSS&rdquo;</h4>
+<p>
+The term &ldquo;FOSS&rdquo; was coined as a way
+to<a href="/philosophy/floss-and-foss.html"> be neutral between free
+software and open source</a>, but it doesn't really do that.  If
+neutrality is your goal, &ldquo;FLOSS&rdquo; is better.  But if you
+want to show you stand for freedom, don't use a neutral term.</p>
 
 <h4 id="FreelyAvailable">&ldquo;Freely available&rdquo;</h4>
 <p>
@@ -846,7 +864,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2013/11/19 13:22:25 $
+$Date: 2013/11/20 19:00:10 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>