Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Request for Endorsement for ConnochaetOS

[Quiliro Ordóñez]

On 08/09/11 12:08, Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> Joshua Ismael Haase Hernández wrote:
> > I think we should consider using the term «libre software»
> > wich is unambiguous.
>
> It has been considered, ref. 
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html.

This is what it says:
> Unfortunately, all the alternatives in English have problems of their 
> own. We've looked at many that people have suggested, but none is so 
> clearly “right” that switching to it would be a good idea. (For 
> instance, in some contexts the French and Spanish word “libre” works 
> well, but people in India do not recognize it at all.) Every proposed 
> replacement for “free software” has some kind of semantic problem—and 
> this includes “open source software.”

What about positioning Software Freedom”?

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