[Fsf-friends] Re: From Associated Press

Ramakrishnan M gnu@vsnl.net
10 Nov 2002 08:24:42 +0530


 || On 09 Nov 2002 16:20:38 +0530
 || klak@giasbm01.vsnl.net.in (Khuzaima A. Lakdawala) wrote: 

 kal> The nice thing about "free software" is that free-as-in-freedom can be
 kal> easily and unambiguously translated into local languages. The same
 kal> cannot be said about "open source" -- compare "swatantra software"
 kal> with "khula source" (Hindi), for instance, and judge which one makes more

Exactly. Infact if any of you saw yesterday's DD Malayalam news, you would have
observed this: There was a mention of a new center of Keltron on "Open Source
Saangethikavidya" (Open Source Technology) being opened. I am not interested
in the details of this center, but see the usage of Open Source!! Is Open Source
a Technology ?? May be. Good that they didn't say "Free Software Technology"!!

English words have crept into local languages extensively(eg: software), mainly 
because our languages are not modernized. Try listening to Isrealis or Chinese,
you won't hear these words, because their languages were modernized.

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