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Article #75172The FSF should change its name to the FSF.
From: Russ Nelson
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 04:42
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 1990 04:42
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The Free Software Foundation should change its name to the Freed Software Foundation. If you want to understand why I suggest this change, imagine a "Free Slave Foundation" versus a "Freed Slave Foundation". The simple addition of a single letter changes the meaning entirely, from a foundation that specializes in free slaves to a foundation dedicated to helping freed slaves. Similarly for software. The Free Software Foundation's name is ambiguous. The Freed Software Foundation's name is much less ambiguous. Another advantage is that they could re-use all their old stationary, and just write a "d" in by hand. :-)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,db094485d8570c6e X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-10-31 17:59:54 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!shelby!apple!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!clarkson!nelson@image.soe.clarkson.edu From: nelson@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: The FSF should change its name to the FSF. Message-ID: <9010310442.AA29605@image.soe.clarkson.edu> Date: 31 Oct 90 04:42:51 GMT Sender: root@news.clarkson.edu (Operator) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Lines: 10 Approved: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Posted: Wed Oct 31 05:42:51 1990