On 11.07.2016 12:39, Daniel Pocock wrote: > On 11/07/16 11:27, Carsten Agger wrote: >> unhappy to see the term "open source" featuring so prominently in an >> event sponsored by the FSFE. I do believe RMS is right in his reasons >> to reject the term, one of them being that it is kind of a >> "business-friendly" way of avoiding the issue of freedom.
I was surprised myself and I agree with Carsten. >> We should not endorse the avoidance of the issue of freedom, are my >> thoughts. This should, in my conception, be a defining difference >> between an event like this, organized by the FSFE, and a conference such >> as FOSDEM, whose aim is more general. > How do you feel about using the more verbose "free and open source > software"? > > Sadly, the term "free" is often misused and the wider public is not > always aware what we are talking about. We can always use "libre software" if the target audience is not educated. But being a _summit_, I believe the target are us, free software activists and developers. Tiberiu -- https://ceata.org _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
