Hi, I have no opinion. I just relate what is on their website.
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 16:49, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <someb...@not-sent-or-endorsed-by.tobias.gr> wrote: > > Björn, Ludo', > > Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Björn Höfling <bjoern.hoefl...@bjoernhoefling.de> skribis: > >> And last, they say "open source" and not "free software". > > I don't think this signifies much if anything. https://opensourcedesign.net/faq/ <<quote Why “Open Source” not “Free Software” Our name choice was never an intentional decision or discussion. In our earliest organizing we just started intuitively using our name (Open Source Design) and it stuck. The reasons we feel good about this choice are: The Free as in beer / freedom confusion Free Software is older and has a specific community, culture, and goals Open source is a newer term and can have broader goals Open source has done a better job at outreach and has broader public understanding at present Open source (and especially design) extends beyond software to hardware, architecture, manufacturing, and more Acronyms like FOSS, FLOSS are not user friendly and pertain to just software Spelling out said acronyms is also not designer / user friendly end>> All the best, simon
