On Wed, 31 May 2006, Richard Stallman wrote: > Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 15:13:33 -0400 > From: Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Code Of Conduct > > So I would definitely agree that given an idea of contributing (code), > women will easily ask who will pay for it where men might not. Maybe > they consider open source more as "working" than as a hobby or a way > social networking or even as a way to educate oneself. > > Perhaps this is a consequence of presenting GNOME as an "open source" > activity. That term excludes the idealism of free software, and > invites people to look at the matter in purely practical terms -- > which is what these women then do. > > Perhaps they would understand better why it's worth spending time > unpaid on our campaign if you tell them that this is the Free Software > Movement, and that the goal of our campaign is freedom for us and for > everyone.
If greater clarity and emphasis on freedom is the goal why not say _Freedom Software_ and avoid the abiguity which in part lead other to come up with different terminology? -- Alan _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
