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"Free Software" vs. "Open Source"

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"Free Software" vs. "Open Source" Pat David 02 Dec 12:06
  "Free Software" vs. "Open Source" Alexandre Prokoudine 02 Dec 12:37
   "Free Software" vs. "Open Source" Pat David 02 Dec 12:44
Pat David
2015-12-02 12:06:38 UTC (almost 9 years ago)

"Free Software" vs. "Open Source"

Referring to this bug report:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758510

Should I change the lead description text to just "The Free Software Image Editor"?

Alexandre Prokoudine
2015-12-02 12:37:55 UTC (almost 9 years ago)

"Free Software" vs. "Open Source"

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Pat David wrote:

Referring to this bug report:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758510

Should I change the lead description text to just "The Free Software Image Editor"?

Aren't "software" and "editor" mutually exclusive in this case?

Anyway, I don't see what's wrong with "The Free & Open Source Image Editor". It uses the word "free", and the "open source" bit serves nicely as an explanation what kind of free it is.

If purists have a problem with that, I dare say they might go ahead and create a free gnu whatever image editor of their own. Godspeed with that.

Alex

Pat David
2015-12-02 12:44:29 UTC (almost 9 years ago)

"Free Software" vs. "Open Source"

I prefer the original as well. Unless there's a compelling argument for changing it, I'll leave it as is.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:38 AM Alexandre Prokoudine < alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Pat David wrote:

Referring to this bug report:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758510

Should I change the lead description text to just "The Free Software

Image

Editor"?

Aren't "software" and "editor" mutually exclusive in this case?

Anyway, I don't see what's wrong with "The Free & Open Source Image Editor". It uses the word "free", and the "open source" bit serves nicely as an explanation what kind of free it is.

If purists have a problem with that, I dare say they might go ahead and create a free gnu whatever image editor of their own. Godspeed with that.

Alex
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