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

[markastzm]

Demagogues and propagandists usually mean the same thing we mean when they  
use the word freedom except that they are lying when they say it.  They count  
on the fact that the more they say it, the more people may believe what they  
say and/or that they can diminish the importance & value of the word by using  
it repeatedly in a manner with little or no significance.
I believe the words "free" and "libre" are worth fighting for and reclaiming.  
 It may get tiresome hearing Stallman do his "not free as in beer" spiel to  
those of us who have heard it many times before, but I am glad he has the  
will and conviction to do so, and I thank and support him for doing so.   
There are always going to be new people hearing his message for the first  
time and they need us to be there for them with a strong, non-jaded voice, an  
idealistic voice in a large sea of unethical profiteers.
May you all enjoy free software, free love, AND free beer.
Peace out!
markas