here I intended to say Open Source and not merely Free Software

I am confused. What do you actually mean? Can you please clarify.

Broadly speaking. The term "Open Source" is used by people who do not want to talk about freedom, or who are unaware of the ethical aspects of software freedoms. In the words of Richard Stallman "it [open source] generally doesn't call attention to freedom very much".[1] http://fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/fisl-rms-transcript.en.html#q50-osi-resp...

The term "Free Software" is used by people who value software freedoms and who talk about those ethics. This list is a FSF list, and hence I have a small request that people care about the terminology. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

"Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, is software which can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed without restriction." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software

Founder of the Free Software Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

-Krishna

malovika roy malovika@gmail.com wrote: Krishna, Didnt know it was a big deal... here I intended to say Open Source and not merely Free Software. I maybe layperson but I think the crux of that mail was not to open a debate of whats appropriate sounding "Free" or "Open"...

and thanks for the link Lakshmi.

Malovika.

Malovika,

 Please use Free Software on this list, or atleast FOSS.

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

Why ``Free Software'' is better than ``Open Source'' http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

-Krishna

There have been attempts like the little league

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/little_league/

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