[Fsf-friends] Is it available in the world ?

[Laxminarayan Kamath]

On 4/14/06, Laxminarayan Kamath <kamathln at gmail.com> wrote:
> Every member use the feedback page (
> http://www.thinkdigit.com/feedback/ ) to impart true knowledge of FOSS
> to them,  praying to God they will read it.

A copy of the comments i sent:

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The definition of "Free software" given in ["Fast Track to Linux"
section 1.2.1 (page 15)] is completely wrong. I am horrified to see
Digit do such a fundamental mistake. For the real definition of "Free
software",  read  http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html .

This mistake by a heavily read magazine can be a recipe for disaster
for the "Free software" movement by misleading thousands of readers
about "Free software".

 Of course there is a difference between "Free software" and "Open
Source Software" , that too is in a debatable state. But the
difference given in the magazine is surely not it. Here, you can find
the definition of Open source
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

Do not get worried too much. You are not alone in the confusion.
Thanks to the ambiguitic nature of English words.

And you *ought* to read this *carefully* :
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
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I know I should have written more, but I was afraid I will induce
indigestion in his mind.

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