On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 17:35 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > I don't agree : > > free software and open source have different meaning to many people. > If you look at the "open source" people at microsoft you will find > 200+, but for "free software" only 23. > > http://www.linkedin.com/search?proposalType=Y&newnessType=Y&search=&searchLocationType=Y&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS¤tCompany=cp&company=Microsoft+Corp&keywords=%22free+software%22
How is a linkedIn flawed statistic (there are non MS employees in your search why you imply they are all poeople that work or have worked at Microsoft) based on a search term mean anything ? > Now, opensource is a trademark and has a specific meaning, > we want to show support of that. False. Open Source is not a Trademark. And its meaning is also often not as clear as some people want you to believe, at least not in common people's minds. > Free software is also a well defined term and has a specific meaning, > we want to show support of that. > > We also want to show that we support free software more than open > source if we have a choice, but we do not always have this choice. can you give me examples of software that is Free Software but not Open Source or OS but not FS ? Simo. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
