2009/1/15 Ravindra Jaju <[email protected]>: > I understand the sentiments/history behind this new mailing list, but > this name is too generic - enough to either > *) Not attract people because of lack of a definite meaning conveyed > *) Attract all kinds of unwanted people! (Imagine what meanings can be > associated with the term 'freeculture' - there are too many types of > people in this world!)
It a term that is commonly referred to the new movements that inspired from Free Software including Wikipedia, Creative Commons, Open Access ... > I suggest the name "opensource" or something like that. Source need not be > source-code only. > > 2 paise. Thanks for the suggestions. As the name suggests, there is not much restrictions. It refers to the broader community initiatives inspired by Free Software. We have this list for "open source" because it is included in FOSS (Free and Open Source Software). > -- > jaju > > PS: I am on this list because of > 1] The history of this list > 2] The meaning conveyed by the name (although - the name and the character > of the list do not seem to converge quite well, but still...) Communities evolve in time responding to situations around them. I'm not a big fan of creating new things when existing things are there. But sometimes that is the only option. In this case I wanted to discuss these things, same go for some of the members, but this list is not for that, so the new list accommodate those without interfering with this list. - Praveen -- പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
