Please review our new charter

[jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com]

I don't agree :

free software and open source have different meaning to many people.
If you look at the "open source" people at microsoft you will find
200+, but for "free software" only 23.

http://www.linkedin.com/search?proposalType=Y&newnessType=Y&search=&searchLocationType=Y&pplSearchOrigin=MDYS&currentCompany=cp&company=Microsoft+Corp&keywords=%22free+software%22

Now, opensource is a trademark and has a specific meaning,
we want to show support of that.

Free software is also a well defined term and has a specific meaning,
we want to show support of that.

We also want to show that we support free software more than open
source if we have a choice, but we do not always have this choice.

That is why we say "free software" and "open source"
because we want to say that we prefer the idea of free software to the
idea of "open source" but support both.

Also, most people want to just hear "open source" and are scared of
the the term "free software".

I have to fight to get the term free software into the charter, and
personally I am a big support of the fsf, and the fsfe even if I don't
agree all the time, I still support them.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.programmer/browse_thread/thread/df13c71a5e2522d7/27e066c16c474737?hl=en#27e066c16c474737

Thanks,
mike