Hello Jelle, * Jelle Hermsen <[email protected]> [2011-03-14 20:17:36 +0100]:
> I intentionally use the quotes, because I strongly agree with the FSF > that "commercial" is a word to avoid > (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Commercial ). > FLOSS can be commercial, but I don't agree with David Wheeler that > it's (almost) always the case. It's too much a spin on words and > definitions if you ask me. Would anyone here disagree that software is commercial as soon as people are paid to develop it? Does anybody here see a difference between the amount of - commercial non-free software and commercial Free Software or - non-commercial non-free software and non-commercial Free Software? The only advantage in this case: you know that people have no clue about Free Software when they use commercial software as an antonym to Free Software. Regards, Matthias -- Matthias Kirschner - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe (fsfe.org) Free Software is important to you? Join today! (fsfe.org/join) _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
