www/philosophy open-source-misses-the-point.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/06/22 15:03:37

Modified files:
        philosophy     : open-source-misses-the-point.html 

Log message:
        Add some small points.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.27&r2=1.28

Patches:
Index: open-source-misses-the-point.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html,v
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--- open-source-misses-the-point.html   21 Apr 2009 14:43:57 -0000      1.27
+++ open-source-misses-the-point.html   22 Jun 2009 15:03:33 -0000      1.28
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
 <p>Unfortunately, all the alternatives in English have problems of
 their own.  We've looked at many alternatives that people have
 suggested, but none is so clearly &ldquo;right&rdquo; that switching
-to it would be a good idea.  Every proposed replacement for
+to it would be a good idea.  (For instance, in some contexts the
+French/Spanish word "libre" can be used, but people in India do not
+recognize the word at all.)  Every proposed replacement for
 &ldquo;free software&rdquo; has some kind of semantic
 problem&mdash;and this includes &ldquo;open source
 software.&rdquo;</p>
@@ -144,6 +146,12 @@
   though the specific licensing agreements vary as to what one is
   allowed to do with that code.</p></blockquote>
 
+<p>The New York Times
+has <a 
href="http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2009/02/07/07gigaom-the-brave-new-world-of-open-source-game-design-37415.html";>
+stretched the term</a> to refer to user beta testing &mdash; letting a
+few users try an early version and give confidential feedback &mdash;
+which proprietary software developers have practiced for decades.</p>
+
 <p>Open source supporters try to deal with this by pointing to their
 official definition, but that corrective approach is less effective
 for them than it is for us.  The term &ldquo;free software&rdquo; has
@@ -346,7 +354,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2009/04/21 14:43:57 $
+$Date: 2009/06/22 15:03:33 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>