Re: GNOME Community Celebrates 10 Years of Software Freedom, Innovation and Industry Adoption

[Jeff Waugh]

> To promote software freedom, it is vital to talk about "free software",
> because the term "Open source" is most often used to lead attention away
> from issues of freedom.

There'll be all kinds of explanation about Software Freedom and Open Source
in the opening of the cookbook -- the goal is to explain both freedom *and*
the process to computing 'laity' via delicious food from around the world.

- Jeff

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Re: GNOME Community Celebrates 10 Years of Software Freedom, Innovation and Industry Adoption

[Richard Stallman]

Boston MA, USA -- August 15, 2007 -- A one month, world-wide celebration of
GNOME's tenth anniversary begins this week, culminating in mid-September
with Software Freedom Day and the release of GNOME 2.20. During the
celebration month, GNOME contributors will create a scrapbook wiki recording
their ten year history, and a commemorative cookery book with "Open Source"
recipes contributed by GNOME community members from around the world.

Would you please call these recipes "free" or "freedom-respecting"?

To promote software freedom, it is vital to talk about "free
software", because the term "Open source" is most often used to lead
attention away from issues of freedom.

See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html for
more explanation.
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