Re: The FSF should change its name to the FSF.

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From: Robert Rubinoff
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 17:46

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How about the "Foundation for Software Freedom"?  (Unless this might be
mistaken for a group that advocates letting programs run whenever they want
to, not whenever users want them to :-).

Seriously, while the FSF's name has occasionally led to misunderstandings, I
don't think it's worth trying to change the name now.  And the GNU manifesto
and GPL make it pretty clear what FSF's goals and purpose are.

   Robert

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