Dear Mr. Eric Raymond,

You would be interested in the following postings at fsf-friends that centered around "free software" vs "open source" terminology:

http://gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-November/001238.html - I say "FLOSS" is meaningless. http://gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-November/001239.html - RMS says "FLOSS" is neutral. http://gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-November/001240.html - I say OSI is openly a pitch for marketing free software. http://gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-November/001242.html - RMS says "open source" terminology is superficial. http://gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-November/001244.html - I wrote why "open-source" cannot distinguish itself from proprietary software. Please see the table there. Then I suggest http://gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-friends/2003-November/001245.html - International Free Software Treaty

Would you consider pitching "free software" directly before the UN and other government circles?

Regards, K. Ramanraj.