Re: Alternative to "free software" and "open source" terms.

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From: Per Abrahamsen
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:33

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Olathe <Olathe@DALnet.irc> writes:

> Why not call it "freed source" ?  

It implies that the source was once unfree, and make us sound like a
bunch of crackers "liberating" source code stored in computers owned
by vendors of proprietary software.

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From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
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Subject: Re: Alternative to "free software" and "open source" terms.
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:33:14 +0100
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