Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Amusing Free Software Story

[Aaron Wolf]

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I'm sorry, but it's ok to take a stand for "free software" only in the
context that you want to go about explaining it — which we *should*
want to do, but can't always be done.

"Open" has always been an inadequate term from the beginning. It
didn't start fine and then get messed up. So, there's no analog to the
idea that "libre" starts fine and then will get corrupted.

"Libre" is a fine term overall, and the idea that it's going to end up
with "libre-washing" is really just paranoid speculation. There's no
reason to think it's susceptible to the same issues, given that Open
was mediocre term to start with.

"Software freedom" is a perfectly fine term, and if we want to stand
our ground, that's the term we should stand on.

On 03/17/2015 08:26 PM, rysiek wrote:
> Dnia wtorek, 17 marca 2015 13:22:55 Aaron Wolf pisze:
>> "Freedom software" is acceptable enough… indeed "free software"
>> is broken in that you can't even search for it reliably because
>> of the confusion over the term.
> 
> I have a different take on this: we either stand our ground and
> fight for our language, or we *will* get pushed off of the next
> term, and the next, and the next.
> 
> Look what's happening with "open". Openwashing is a huge problem.
> We can move to "libre", but sooner or later the very same dynamic
> will take over. At some point we *will* have to make a stand.
> 
> So we might as well make a stand here, with "free software".
> 
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