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This touches on something I've noticed the past few years - it seems to me many advocates of most topics often do more harm than good for their cause - taking h
by squigz 1y ago
This touches on something I've noticed the past few years - it seems to me many advocates of most topics often do more harm than good for their cause - taking hardline positions normal people simply can't relate to, even if they do agree in theory.
Anyway, on the topic of "free" software - how might you recommend we try to frame this to be more clear to the public? I think people tried to make "libre software" a thing, but doesn't that have the exact same issue - that is, that people will misunderstand what it is?
- luxpir 1y agoFreedom Software? Beats Open Software because open is still ambiguous to non-technical people. "Freedom Apps" if you truly want to talk to the masses.
- fsflover 1y agoLibre software (as in Liberty).
- luxpir 1y agoI should have said why I'm against "Libre" as a term. I'm into FOSS, so I get it, and speak other languages, so I get Libre has a wider adoption elsewhere. But not in the English-speaking world. And I'd guess that was the target "primary market" over, say, France. Free is typically cost-free, as in beer as they say, and freedom can only be "liberties and rights", not cost. So imo Freedom is a solid choice. There is likely a better choice, but if we're keeping things simple, that'd be one approach.
- fsflover 1y ago> Libre has a wider adoption elsewhere. But not in the English-speaking world Is this your only problem? Sounds fixable to me, just like term "free software" works relatively well.
- pacifika 1y agoThat’s what open is meant to stand for, but Google et al have successfully caged that.
- skybrian 1y agoBack in the day, it was the X/Open group that was muddying the waters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X/Open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X/Open