Free as in speech is a phrase used to describe the lack of difference between two meanings of the word speech. However, OSS is not about freedom of speech but about access to source code for all your software.
Kind of a different kettle of fish. Thanks for the info anyhow On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Ramon Casha <[email protected]> wrote: > Many of you will have read the news that the editor of the students > newspaper Ir-Realtà will be facing charges and a possible jail term for > publishing a piece (not written by himself) entitled "Li Tkisser Sewwi". > > > http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100108/local/obscene-story-editor-to-face-charges > > This is the latest in a series of draconian cases censorship in Malta. A > new group has been set up, "Front Kontra ċ-Ċensura", which is organising a > meeting on Friday 15th Jan. I am forwarding this message to the MLUG in case > anybody is interested in this event: We might also consider whether MLUG > should lend its voice to this organisation. Considering that we're all about > "free as in speech" software, I think it stands to reason that we should > support literal free speech too. Whaddya think? > > Ramon Casha > ------------------------ > fwd: Laqgha ta' Koordimanet tal-Front Kontra c-CensuraGhaziez hbieb u > qarrejja > > il-Gimgha li gejja fil-hmistax ta' Jannar ser issir laqgha ta' koordinament > tal-Front Kontra c-Censura. Qed nappellaw biex kull min jixtieq illi jara > lil Malta timxi l'quddiem f'progress minghajr ic-censura dittatorjali, > jattendi jew tattendi halli tikkontribwixxu ghal dan il-moviment progressiv > u sekulari. Biex nerbhu kontra, r-Regim tac-Censura hemm bzonn li jaghti > daqqa t'id kullhadd! > > Qed nappellaw lill-ghadiet kolla, kemm dawk politici, u kemm dawk li > m'humiex biex jattendu din il-laqgha u juru l-appogg taghhom lejn Malta bla > censura u hielsa. > > Dawk li huma interessati li jattendu din il-laqgha jistghu jibghatu email > fuq [email protected] jew kemm jirrispondu dan il-messagg. > > Grazzi hafna > > Mark Camilleri > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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