[Fsf-friends] Re: Please free Free Software from do(o)m

[Krishna Pagadala]

> "Freedom software" is incorrect, because "freedom"
> is a noun form  derived from the adjective "free", 
> and therefore the word "freedom"  cannot be used to 
> qualify the noun "software".  Proper nouns are 
> sometimes used as proper adjectives, but freedom is
> a common noun, and  does not qualify as a proper 
> adjective.

Are the following ungramatical?
1) "Freedom Rides"
2) "Freedom Train"
3) "Freedom Bus"
All of the above were used in the civil rights
movement USA.
   Choice of words must convey a message, and if
gramatical rules need to be broken, so be it.

> The free software movement has a long history now,
> and it is inappropriate to invent new phrases for a 
> well known and widely used  expression that clearly 
> points to software released under the GPL and 
> like free licenses.

  True, for the technical community who already know
about GNU/FSF. But I want to be able to talk to people
who have no clue about software, and freedom is the
word that resonates most easily.
  Also "free software" is only a part of the free
software movement. I think the philosophy of FSM is
more important.
  I want people to be thinking in terms of freedoms
lost when using closed software, and more importantly
to think about the bigger issue of copyright. Read 
Misinterpreting Copyright by Richard Stallman 
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.html

Thanks
Krishna


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