[Fsf-friends] Free(dom) Software?

[Raman.P]

 --- Krishna Pagadala <krishnaact@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi All,
>   I am calling "free software" as "freedom software"
> these days. This is to emphasize that we are talking
> about freedoms, this way I am able to avoid the idiom
> ``free'' as in ``free speech,'' not as in ``free
> beer.'', and I hope that the idiom will become
> unnecessary.
> 
>   Does anybody have an opinion on this? Unless I hear
> good reasons for why it should be otherwise, I will be
> using "freedom software" when I try and explain free
> software movement.
> 
>   Also in written communication, I am writing
> "Free(dom)" instead of "Free", should I just be using
> "Freedom". Please let me know.
>   
>   RMS, if you are reading this. Do you have any
> opinion on this usage?
> 
>   This is particularly important for me, since I am
> starting to give talks on Free Software Movement, (to
> friends mostly, in Bay Area, California, USA). The
> title of the next talk is
> "Freedom, Development and Justice in the context of
> Free(dom) Software Movement"
> 

I am using Free(dom) term for nearly two years in all my talks in
schools/colleges and organisations. I found it convenient and the
message is driven easily.

Raman.P

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