On 1/15/10 1:05 PM, "Alan Cox" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2. not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom. > > I don't see what the fuss is about.
I don't know that there _is_ a "fuss". That's one of the things I hope to determine via the survey. > "Not sanctioned by custom" precisely describes Richard Stallman's belief > that Free Software as a concept does not include considering proprietary > software as acceptable in most cases. I understand that. What I'm interested in, however, is the degree to which that belief is reflected in the community. It's an open question, in my mind, whether this view is, in fact, "customary" in the broader community. Early results would seem to suggest otherwise. If, in factas the survey results apparently showamong the virtually 100% of respondents who use free/etc. software on their own time, about two-thirds also use proprietary software on their own time (i.e. by their own choice), this would seem to suggest that the actual "custom" may be rather different than what it's being represented to be. > The EU uses "Free, Libre and Open Source Software " when it wants to talk > about the general space and ensure that the usual misinterpretations of > 'free' do not occur and that nobody is offended, mislabeled or wastes all > their meeting time with stupid arguments. I provided "FLOSS" as a choice, as well as "FOSS" and "Other", with a comments box. I don't want anyone to feel as though they're unrepresented. _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
