[Fsf-friends] Free(dom) Software?

[Krishna Pagadala]

Interesting to know this. I will be talking to a non
technical audience. After the talk I think they will
remember "Freedom Software". From now on, in all my
activist efforts I will be saying "Freedom Software".
Does the FSF have a supporting opinion? I would like
to know what FSF and RMS think about this.

Thanks
KRishna



--- "V. Sasi Kumar" <vsasi@vsnl.com> wrote:
> Interestingly, I know a very elderly person (70+
> years) who had attended
> the Freedom First conference in Thiruvananthapuram
> and has used the term
> Freedom Software ever since. Being an economist with
> no technological
> inclinations, he is not at all aware of the
> technical details of the
> software, but was impressed with the message of
> freedom that RMS
> conveyed. It is, perhaps, this that put the term
> 'Freedom Software' in
> his mind. I had tried to correct him initially, but
> that appeared to
> escape his mind the next time he spoke. So I let it
> remain.
> 
> Regards
> V. Sasi Kumar
> 
> On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 11:16, Krishna Pagadala 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"
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Krishna
> > 
> > 
> > __________________________________
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing.
> > http://photos.yahoo.com/
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Fsf-friends mailing list
> > Fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in
> > http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends
> -- 
> V. Sasi Kumar <vsasi@vsnl.com>
> CESS
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Fsf-friends mailing list
> Fsf-friends@mm.gnu.org.in
> http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing.
http://photos.yahoo.com/