Interesting story. Does the current translation of wwww.gnu.org show anywhere inconsistencies in that context?
https://www.gnu.org/home.ja.html Jean * Akira Urushibata <a...@wta.att.ne.jp> [2020-11-07 00:34]: > In 1999 (if I recall correctly) Richard Stallman visited Japan to > promote the GNU project and free software. At that time there was an > urgent issue: everywhere the term "open source" was gaining popularity > and replacing "free software." It was so in Japan as it was in the > rest of the world.