Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses?
by sjwright on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:11PM
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Actually English does have a perfectly serviceable word, but for some reason no one is interested in calling at freedom software. yes it is grammatically awkward, but that’s a less worse problem than being semantically awkward, IMHO.
Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses?
by yesenadam on Thursday March 18, 2021 @07:13PM
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I like that. "Free software" will never stop causing misunderstandings. The first you come across "freedom software" you might google it, but the first time you see "free software" you will think it just means free ($0) software.
Unfamiliar terms should fail fast in peoples' minds, not be silently mistaken for familiar terms.
Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses?
by _carbyau_ on Friday March 19, 2021 @12:38AM
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Problem with language is interpretation and use by the masses. IE see Decimate.
"Freedom" noun to me is almost interchangeable with "overtly American" noun.
While not the technical definition by proper english the connotations count.
Re:What’s up with these new not-open source licenses?
by chc on Thursday March 18, 2021 @05:56PM
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"Freedom software" sounds like word salad to my American ear, so I'm not sure how you see that as serviceable. If you showed me the phrase and put a gun to my head to guess what it meant, I'd probably guess it was a jokey way of talking about software written in France.
Obviously there is free (no cost) software as well, at least in English where we have one word for both meanings. This can be easily disambiguated in a discussion by the "free as in speech, not free as in beer" phrase, or if people are familiar with the term, using "libre software" to clarify.