[Trisquel-users] I hear the term "free software" less and less these days

[tegskywalker]

I have been catching up on the happenings with Linux Fest Northwest through  
news postings and the Linux Action Show videos covering it and no one seems  
to use the term "free software" in the description of their programs. One  
example is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeRx2eAKOY around the 0:53:10  
mark.

It is always "open source" and it has sparked a trend I have been seeing more  
and more lately. Is the term "free software" too confusing in what it means  
to the average joe? Do they only associate free with price and not open?

I have also been looking around job posting boards and contract work and the  
majority to almost all the time they say "open source" and rarely "free  
software" in their requirements or the existing software they use.

On top of that, I have seen various reports of more and more companies opting  
for "open source" software instead of proprietary ones. In a previous post,  
some of you said that it doesn't matter if the software is labeled as either  
open source or free software if it follows a license like the GPL.

Should the free software camp continue to be worried about their monicker  
used less and less? Or should they just have confidence in the license  
itself?