Bennett Todd wrote:
> 2000-11-14-16:37:06 Lipscomb, Al:
>> "Free Software" as promoted by the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
>> is a different thing. I belive that the DJB software is Open
>> Source, but not free.
>
> Unlike Open Source, the phrase "free software" strongly predates the
> Free Software Foundation and they've made no attempt at branding it;
> rather, they pursue branding the GNU General Public License (GPL),
> which is stricter than (but compatible with) the Open Source
> Definition.
I must disagree with you here -- the FSF does indeed spend time and
effort to make sure that the term "Free Software" brings the FSF to
peoples' minds. Feel free to read the recent discussion between a 3D
library programmer and RMS (last week's slashdot articles?) -- RMS
spends much time pointing out that he will talk about "free software"
but not "open source" because "open source" is one thing and "free
software" is what the FSF is about.--
Michael T. Babcock, C.T.O. FibreSpeed
http://www.fibrespeed.net/~mbabcock
