Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
by codelizard42 on Saturday June 13, 2015 @12:30PM
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This is one of the reasons people in the Free Software community have been recently shifting away from wording like "free as in freedom", "Free and Open Source Software"/FOSS in favor of the use of the word "libre", "Free and Libre Open Source Software"/FLOSS
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Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
by aschampion on Saturday June 13, 2015 @12:37PM
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Introducing more arbitrary jargon isn't going to make the distinction any more clear to a layperson, but if you do choose a neologism "libre" is just plain awkward.
Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
by unholythree on Saturday June 13, 2015 @12:45PM
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I disagree, I think it's better to have a term that requires explanation than a term people will misinterpret. There's an existing connotation of free as $0 that you have to combat, rather than a simple new word/term to define.
Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
by delecti on Saturday June 13, 2015 @01:40PM
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I'm not sure calling it a "neologism" is accurate. It's a borrowed word that has a clearer meaning than anything in English. Such a thing is hardly unprecedented in English.
Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software
by superskierpat on Sunday June 14, 2015 @02:01AM
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This may be because I'm from quebec, but this is perfectly fine for me, its a word that is much more precise, since if the word does not have a proper translation, its a better idea to use the external, but uniquevocal, word.