[OSGeo-Discuss] "Free"

[Paulo Marcondes]

2007/3/2, Ned Horning <nedh at lightlink.com>:
> 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?
>

I don't believe, since the term "open" has been hijacked by the
marketroid types (offense intended)
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