Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014)

Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Qwertious on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:17PM (#24483024)

>This is once again the confusion between free (gratis) software and Free (libre) software.

This happens because "free software" is a terrible name. It should be changed to "freedom-respecting software".

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Shared404 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:04PM (#24484465)

Or just Libre would be fine. I personally like L/OSS software, but that makes an unfortunate acronym.

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by bregma on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @04:16PM (#24486233)

FLOSS (free (libre) open source software). Because good Free software makes your smile brighter.

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Shared404 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:15PM (#24487361)

I just feel like adding free onto the beginning is more harmful than helpful at this point.

So many people have been conditioned that "Free is bad, and steals your data". Which is kind of ironic, but unfortunately true in my experience.

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by smichel17 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:14PM (#24488893)

https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/about/free-libre-open

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by Shared404 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @01:12AM (#24489741)

I like the acronym they suggest actually.

The only problem is that the usage of "Free" worries me. I recognize that it's for "Freedom", but Joe McConsumer both doesn't, and doesn't care enough to listen about it.

I got told the other day that Linux is bad because it's "Off brand Windows" because it's "free". This was after explaining the gratis/libre difference.

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