Re: FSF, terminology, and marketing

From: Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>
To: GnomeMarketing Mailing List <marketing-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: FSF, terminology, and marketing
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:40:11 +0200

Am Freitag, den 18.09.2009, 17:07 -0500 schrieb Brian Cameron:
> The Free Software Foundation (FSF) encourages the usage of the term
> "GNU/Linux" instead of the term "Linux", and also discourages referring
> to free software and licenses as "open source".

> Thoughts?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy

My very personal opinion: There's a reality out there, and there's the
fundamentalists of the FSF. I prefer reality.

andre
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