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- gronya, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1I think John Spencer has done us a service by highlighting the issue - It is not about capitla Fs or lower case letters, It is about the language we use to convey the message about open source. Some people are happy talking about GPL this and that, but it goes over the heads of most people who simply want to use good quality, good value software. We have to talk in language that ordinary people understand and remind them of some home truths - there is no such thing as a free lunch, there is though, with open source, a collective pooling of wisdom. That is why it is becoming so attractive.
- sammydog2, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1thank you Gronya, so well put. Possibly the collective pooling of wisdom (as you describe it) will prove to be the seed of the 21st century democracy
- spannerman2, on 08/28/2008, -0/+0Sothis is of course correct but...
Anyone out there get the same blank reaction as me when explaining to schools, public servants and others as to how precisely to define the terms which have the words 'software and free' in them?
I think capitalising the word Free and hoping that'll make it all clear for them is a vain hope indeed :) - Sothis, on 08/28/2008, -0/+0This should read "Organisations offering software for free"...
That's 'free' with a lower-case 'f' of course!
Free Software (capital 'F') is part of the answer...
Mr Spencer is talking about the perils of *proprietary* software that is *given away* to take market share, then charged for once everyone is locked in. Free Software/Open Source software is the only model which insures against this...
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