Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Amusing Free Software Story

[mark]

Hello,

> And I am not saying we should not use "libre" -- au contraire! But 
> IMVHO we
> should definitely not say "the term free is lost, too many people use 
> it in
> the wrong sense".

I've thought about this quite a bit. I really like the term Libre 
Software. Being pretty fluent in Spanish it immediately suggests freedom 
to me. I think that this is probably not the case for most English 
speakers. I also like the term Freedom Software. In the example with my 
mother, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have mattered at all what I called 
it. It just would have taken her an extra thirty seconds to decide that 
I was talking about the same freeware, which she knows is worthless.

Sincerely,

Mark