Wikipedia have an amoral approach of what is an encyclopedia. For example, Wikipedia rejects the use of the real name "GNU/Linux" in articles about this system because GNU/Linux is often called "Linux"[1]. Non-free software is an example of that amoral approach and thrives on it. Thus, in the long run it would be self-defeating for freedom to adopt that approach. Wikipedia uses this amoral approach, and makes it a rule[2].
This amoral approach is similar to the amoral "open source" approach of the FLOSS[3] community. [1]: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Linux] [2]: [htttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article titles#Use_commonly_recognizable_names] [3]: I use the neutral term because I want to talk about the community which uses and develops this software genre, without refers to a particular approach for view this community. I use "free software" in other cases, because I promote the freedom-oriented approach. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
