Hai All,

Free as in freedom is a good idea. We can use freedom instead of the cunning word "free". But one thing is important. We will accept all free software movments as a freedom mind and prevent all things that against the freedom s/w with no excuse.

Manoj

----- Original Message ----- From: Krishna Pagadala krishnaact@yahoo.com Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:46:44 -0800 (PST) To: fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in Subject: [Fsf-friends] Free(dom) Software?

Hi All, I am calling "free software" as "freedom software" these days. This is to emphasize that we are talking about freedoms, this way I am able to avoid the idiom ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in ``free beer.'', and I hope that the idiom will become unnecessary.

Does anybody have an opinion on this? Unless I hear good reasons for why it should be otherwise, I will be using "freedom software" when I try and explain free software movement.

Also in written communication, I am writing "Free(dom)" instead of "Free", should I just be using "Freedom". Please let me know.

RMS, if you are reading this. Do you have any opinion on this usage?

This is particularly important for me, since I am starting to give talks on Free Software Movement, (to friends mostly, in Bay Area, California, USA). The title of the next talk is "Freedom, Development and Justice in the context of Free(dom) Software Movement"

Thanks Krishna

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