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John Tapsell
tapselj0 at cs.man.ac.uk
Fri Dec 1 11:30:57 UTC 2000
Peter Gerwinski wrote:
>
> It is important that everyone is heared and can contribute, but we
> must be very careful with this. There are far more promoters of
> "Open Source" around (or of proprietary software, for that matter)
> than people who have really understood Free Software. When it comes
> to elections - who do you think will get more popularity?
The trouble is, if we push FSF as being different from Open Source, do we run
the risk of confusing people? I see your point about elections, but at this
point in time, does it make that much difference between OS and FSF? Don't get
me wrong, /I/ feel I understand both, and the views of both, but do Joe Public
need to see the dividing line between OS and FSF?
Btw, I'm new to this list. Hello everyone :)
P.s. I very often state views I don't actually agree with, but state them to
make people think about it - plus I feel both sides of a view should be always
be shown.
-- John "Stiring trouble as usual" Flux
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