[OSGeo-Discuss] "Free"

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Or just say "OSI-compliant" -- since that's what OSGeo's charter says..?

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Ned Horning
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:12 PM
> To: 'OSGeo Discussions'
> Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Free"
> 
> Paul Ramsey wrote:
> > 
> > The term "free" as used by this community is jargon
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon>, plain and simple, completely
> > transparent to those in-the-know, opaque to outsiders. The workshop
> > submission is just a clear example of that.
> > 
> Would dropping "Free" and just using "Open Source" in the 
> future make it
> transparent to everyone? 
> 
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