St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science & Commerce - Mapusa - xavierscollege at sancharnet.in wrote:
> Frederic Noronha, freelance journalist and ardent fan of Open Source > Software. Just a clarification: the above should read *Free Software* rather than *Open Source*. If you would like to know why, see: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html While free software by any other name would give you the same freedom, it makes a big difference which name we use: different words convey different ideas.... FN PS: I hope the extra-long signature would be excused! -- ------------------------------------------------------------- | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | ------------------------------------------------------------- , , / \ .-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"