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EGreg
on March 20, 2014
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Why Open Source misses the point of Free Software
I once wrote Richard Stallman suggesting what I thought was a much more helpful name, keeping all the good connotations but with less of the ambiguity:
Liberating Software
But I never heard back.
theorique
on March 20, 2014
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Some people use the term "Libre" or "Free as in Speech" also.
EGreg
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I know that. That's why I wanted to choose a two-word English phrase which immediately conveyed the right thing without the downsides.
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Liberating Software
But I never heard back.