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It would be very nice to be able to call it GNU/Hurd soon! Now that would help solve the controversy.<BR>
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I like Libre Software most, and not only because it lacks the potential for confusion present in other main languages.<BR>
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"Open" has too many connotations, some of them too linked to our "friend" Soros. <BR>
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> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 01:37:06 -0400<BR>> From: rms@gnu.org<BR>> To: roemeth@gmail.com<BR>> CC: pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [pp.int.general] Spanish elections<BR>> <BR>> I think open software nowadays is what <BR>> you actually describe as free software,<BR>> <BR>> If what you have in mind is free software, you can support the cause<BR>> of freedom by calling it "free" or "freie" or "libre". Those terms<BR>> refer to freedom. The word "open" avoids raising the issue, so it<BR>> doesn't support the cause.<BR>> <BR>> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html.<BR>> <BR>> they are partly respnsible for after the election to Linux, Libre <BR>> Office, and so on...<BR>> <BR>> When you say "Linux", do you have in mind a complete operating system<BR>> that makes a computer usable? If so, you must be thinking of the<BR>> GNU system, not Linux.<BR>> <BR>> I'm glad you would like to encourage use of our system, but please<BR>> don't call it "Linux". That gives the credit for our work to someone<BR>> else. Would you please call it "GNU/Linux", and give us equal<BR>> mention?<BR>> <BR>> See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Dr Richard Stallman<BR>> President, Free Software Foundation<BR>> 51 Franklin St<BR>> Boston MA 02110<BR>> USA<BR>> www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org<BR>> Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.<BR>> Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/<BR>> ____________________________________________________<BR>> Pirate Parties International - General Talk<BR>> pp.international.general@lists.pirateweb.net<BR>> http://lists.pirateweb.net/mailman/listinfo/pp.international.general<BR> </body>
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