Subject: Re: RMS i CS Idag

Re: RMS i CS Idag

From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:55:54 +0100

Martin Vilcans wrote:
> Jag kom på en fråga som jag borde ställt till honom: huruvida han
> någonsin ångrar att han började kalla fri mjukvara för "free
> software". Anade han inte att folk om och om igen skulle blanda ihop
> öl och frihet?

Läs boken! :-)

  ''Because of the ambiguity of "free," people have long looked for
  alternatives, but no one has found a better term. The English language has
  more words and nuances than any other, but it lacks a simple, unambiguous,
  word that means "free," as in freedom - "unfettered" being the word that
  comes closest in meaning. Such alternatives as "liberated," "freedom," and
  "open" have either the wrong meaning or some other disadvantage.''

     -- Free Software, Free Society, 2nd ed., sidan 10

http://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs-ii-2.pdf

-- 
Björn
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