[pp.int.general] Free Software or Open Source?

[Wybo Wiersma]

I fully subscribe to this, ultimately Freedom is the most important
issue here, not code that is open to many eyeballs. And not because of
anti-business sentiments, but because the free market also thrives best 
for society as a whole with freedom.

Wybo

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> Hi folk,
> 
> I think Stallman has appointed a very important question. In Brazil (and 
> maybe in all South America) we use mainly the term "free software" 
> because of the political implications of FREEDOM. I see "open source" as 
> a term of the "business world". I suggest for all "pirates" to use 
> always the term "free software" ir order to have a coherent and 
> progressive political discourse. We cannot forget that the central point 
> is not just the code, but the freedom!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Jorge
> Brazil

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