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Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source"
From: |
Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source" |
Date: |
Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:11:34 -0400 |
FLOSS, for "Free/libre and open source software", is a reasonable term
to use to talk about both the free software movement and the open
source camp. A good treatment will also state what each of the two
camps stands for, since most readers are misinformed about both.
FOSS puts us at a disadvantage because "open source" is more visible
than "free software". Adding "/libre" balances that out.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", (continued)
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Richard Stallman, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Richard Stallman, 2011/06/15
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Miles Bader, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Paul Eggert, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Miles Bader, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Randal L. Schwartz, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source",
Richard Stallman <=
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Miles Bader, 2011/06/17
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", David Kastrup, 2011/06/16
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/17
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", David Kastrup, 2011/06/17
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Stephen J. Turnbull, 2011/06/17
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", David Kastrup, 2011/06/17
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Andreas Röhler, 2011/06/17
- Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source", Jambunathan K, 2011/06/17