Hi, On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adf...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > According to: > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html > > "Free/Libre" doesn't make "Open Source" redundant. FOSS can cause > confusion, although most people believe it's a neutral term. FLOSS > doesn't cause confusion, and is a neutral term. > > FOSS can cause confusion because it can mean one of the following: > > a) "Free" is about gratis. > > b) "Open source" is the same as "free". > > There is other possibility besides what was suggested in this patch: To > use "Free/Libre Software" and remove "Free & Open Source Software"
Free and Open Source Software sounds much better then Free/Libre Software. Free in some peoples mind can be free to use but not freedom. I think the open source term helps people understand that they can get the source code. Freedom Software haha. Cheers, William. _______________________________________________ gimp-web-list mailing list gimp-web-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-web-list
