I would be surprised if any introductory discussion of this area didn't address both free and open source. As an academic topic it's important for students to understand the development of the terms and the issues embodied in them. I think most faculty would support coverage of both terms.
On the other hand, my observation has been that in casual conversation "open source" is used much more often than "free software." So if a course dives right in to some detailed topic, say for example about use of CVS, the broader discussion might never happen. Greg Hislop From: tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org [mailto:tos-boun...@teachingopensource.org] On Behalf Of Stormy Peters Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:03 PM To: TOS; Richard Stallman Subject: [TOS] Teaching the concept of Free Software I mentioned TOS in my last weekly update and Richard Stallman asked if people in this group are teaching the concepts of free software as well as the open source model? (Free software, the movement and the ideals as opposed to open source software.) Since many of the materials I've seen include a history that usually mentions Richard, I'm thinking many of you do ... but I'd like to put the question out there and introduce Richard to the group. I'm also sure that if people are interested in covering it in your classes, we could find guest speakers from the community as well. Stormy
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