[Pluto-journal] [INFO] Free Software/Open Source su Debian weekly news

[Marco Marongiu]

Ciao a tutti

Visto che nelle liste destinatarie si e` parlato recentemente delle
differenze fra FS e OS, riporto uno stralcio dell'ultima "Debian Weekly
News".

Per Alceste Scalas: altri spunti per il tuo seminario;
Per Alceste Scalas (bis): cerchero` di rispondere ai tuoi appelli entro
	oggi;
Per i redattori del PJ: immagino che qualcuno di voi riceva gia` la
	DWN: portate pazienza :-)

> On Using "Open Source". There have been controversies if using the
> term "Open Source" rather than "Free Software" is a good thing or not.
> The [23]Free Software Foundation (FSF) their [24]position clear in
> 1998 already. The Open Source term was [25]established as a marketing
> term for free software (also in 1998) and was quickly adopted by many
> companies. It makes a big difference which name we use: different
> words convey different ideas. As an example Dale Scheetz [26]reported
> a use of the term to refer to intelligence information that could be
> made public. I (Joey) truly expect the FSF to start a new campaign for
> companies to use the term "Free Software" instead.
[...]
>   24. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
>   25. 
> http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/resolution-2001-04-26.nl.html
>   26. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-d109/msg01732.html

Ciao
Marco

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