Karl, Richard, anyone else: any thoughts on this?
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Luis Villa <l...@lu.is> wrote: > That seems like a reasonable addition to me, and addresses real, recent > confusion. > > Karl and Richard are on planes today, and I would like to hear their > thoughts before taking it live, though. > > Thanks, Engel! > Luis > On Nov 10, 2013 10:38 AM, "Engel Nyst" <engel.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello license-discuss, >> >> I would propose an additional paragraph to the FAQ, for the question >> What is "free software" and is it the same as "open source"? >> >> The text currently says: >> > One of the tactical concerns most often cited by adopters of the term >> > "open source" was the ambiguity of the English word "free", which can >> > refer either to freedom or to mere monetary price; this ambiguity was >> > also given by the OSI founders as a reason to prefer the new term >> > (see "What Does `free' Mean, Anyway?", and similar language on the >> > marketing for hackers page, both from the original 1998 web site). >> >> At this point in the text, I'd suggest to insert a little explanation on >> the ambiguity in the use of the term of open source as well. Quick draft... >> >> > On the other hand, the term "open" applied to the source is sometimes >> > used in the sense of merely "provided" or "visible", but the open >> > source definition sets the criteria for "open source" to software >> > licenses that guarantee a set of perpetual and irrevocable >> > rights to every recipient. >> >> The text should then probably skip "furthermore", and continue... >> >> > The FSF uses a shorter, four-point definition of software freedom >> > when evaluating licenses, while the OSI uses a longer, ten-point >> > definition. The two definitions lead to the same result in practice, >> > but use superficially different language to get there. >> >> I hope it will help with a number of misunderstandings. >> _______________________________________________ >> License-discuss mailing list >> License-discuss@opensource.org >> http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss >> >
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