Re: [Koha-devel] Re: [Koha] 3rd pre 2.0 meeting

[paul POULAIN]

MJ Ray wrote:
> paul POULAIN <address@hidden> wrote:
> > PS : some ppl in France says that "Libre software" is often used in 
> > english countries to avoid the "free" mistake (like free speach, not 
> > free beer). Is it true ?
> >   
> English countries?  You mean England or all Anglophone ones?
I meaned anglophones.
> Certainly,
> in England (and the UK and I think the Irish Republic too), we say "free
> software".  I have seen EU studies that call it "Free/Libre," though.
>
> The US is home to the Free Software Foundation, so I suspect they call it
> free software too.  Africa has the Free Software and Open Source Foundation
> for Africa, so I suspect they call it free software...  I'm not there,
> though, so I can't say for sure.
>
> Don't believe everything people say: after all, some French people have
> tried to tell me that "logiciel libre" is a translation of "open source"
> which is rather naughty of them.
I don't believe everything. And that's why I ask anglophone readers
from this list :-)
However, that's true that in French "libre" (free speech) does not mean
"gratuit" (= free beer).

for open source <=> logiciel libre => whoh ! it's really
stupid, I agree.
-- 
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)