On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 10:43:39PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > > To that > > end, I have a first draft of "Responsible Distribution of Free and Open > > Source Software", which I'd love to get feedback on. > > Please don't call it that. Using the term "free and open source software" > means you miss the opportunity to publicly support the free software movement. > > That term presents "open source" more visibly than "free software". [...]
I'm well aware of the distinction, and I make a point of saying Free Software (with the capitalization) in most places. In contexts where that would potentially be misunderstood, or where others would typically say "Open Source", I go out of my way to ensure that Free Software is at the very least included rather than leaving it out entirely. In this particular case, my aim is to provide a minimal set of requirements that apply to all software hosting sites, even those that choose to label themselves as "Open Source" rather than as "Free Software". In this case, my goal is to get universal agreement about things that a hosting site *must not* do with software it distributes, rather than, in this instance, to attempt to talk those sites into signing onto a statement about Free Software. We're talking about a baseline of "don't put malware on users' systems", here. That said, in contexts such as this, I'd be happy to switch from saying "Free and Open Source Software" to saying "Free Software / Open Source Software" or "Free, Libre, and Open Source Software", if you feel that that would more fully acknowledge Free Software. - Josh Triplett _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
