----- Original Message -----From: Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <address@hidden>
To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: Woctave-another gui front end
On 20 December 2012 13:09, Stephen Montgomery-Smith
<address@hidden> wrote:
open source
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
Open source is intended to be a synonym for "free software" that
attempts to avoid speaking about the ethical reasons that drive many
of us like to develop free software, just like "nigger" is intended to
be a synonym for "African American" that attempts or attempted to deny
the humanity of the people it was referring to.
Synonyms do not always carry the same intentions.
- Jordi G. H.
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GNU does _not_ have monopoly defining what freedom is.--Sergei.
If you use a term, you are expected to define it when it's definition/context isn't clear to the audience.
In this instance, see the link below.
Ben |