Le lundi 08 janvier 2007 à 14:29 -0500, Timothy Miller a écrit : > Did you mean to make this a private email? If not, please forward what I > write. I apologize, I've missed the "Reply-to-all" button > > On 1/8/07, luc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes it would be, in my view, but not especially between "open" and > > "free". We are closed to a messy problem of communication. > > Yeah, and I don't want to discuss it TOO much. It's a can of worms. > > See my other post regarding my motivation. > > > Tim, what is the RMS's motivation ? > > Is it to take some distance with the open-source branch since the Novell > > agreement with Microsoft ? > > If that's his intention, he hasn't said anything to me about it. When > I read the wikipedia article about RMS, I get the impression that he > is just very pedantic about his use of language. He's very much a > believer in the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. humm...anyway. > > > > > I think that "open" in "open-graphic" or "open-hardware" can't have the > > same meaning as in "open-source", simply because the involvements are > > differents. > > I think that too. > > > Unfortunately, communication don't rely on any rational and one has to > > take in account the usage. As someone post here, "open-standard" seems > > to be a good name, but would be understood as a RAND license. > > And I agree that "RAND" is kinda crappy. > > > One cannot use the word "free" because it's ambiguity, nor the word > > "open" just because that doesn't sound ethical, or to much pratical. > > That looks like a double bind. Using an unambiguous word like "libre" > > won't change anything. (especially for the French people whom the > > majority just retains the costless) > > This is a hard problem. NP-hard, even. :) > > > So, may be one should state that it is not "open" as in "open-source", > > it's "open" as in "Open Document Format" (as far as this format don't > > become a RAND or cluttered with patents) > > Good example. > > > Mainly, something which is not directly related to "free", nor to the > > "open-source", and not already knew by the majority. > > > > Does RMS have some reluctance about ODF ? > > Good question. > > > > > PS: in Deutsch "Frei" is use as "free" in "freebeer" > > Ja. Ich verstehe. >
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