Since YADIS is more about freedom than about commerce, better using the term "free software" than the term "open source".<br>
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More on this here:<br>
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html</a><br>
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Another group has started using the term "open source" to mean
something close (but not identical) to "free software". We prefer the
term "free software" because, once you have heard it refers to freedom
rather than price, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">it calls
to mind freedom</a>. The word "open" never does that.<br>---------------------------------<br>
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<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joaquin Miller</b> <<a href="mailto:joaquin@netmesh.us">joaquin@netmesh.us</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>>Toss in "open source" in there, too.<br><br>If we do, the it should be:<br><br>>>> Open source YADIS, the foundation for Web 2.0<br>>>> user-controlled identity.<br><br>..................
<br><br>While I have your attention:<br><br>Since YADIS is no kind of acronym or initialism, it should be:<br><br><br> Open source Yadis, the foundation for Web 2.0<br>user-controlled identity.<br><br>..................
<br>..................<br><br>And while we are on that subject. I believe 'yadis' is a word or<br>name in Arabic.<br>We had better find out for sure, soon.<br><br>I asked a Computer Science professor from the Santa Clara valley, but
<br>he has not replied. Today I asked a courageous Political Science<br>professor from the Great Central Valley of California. But maybe<br>someone on this list has a friend who speaks or at least reads Arabic.<br><br>Cordially, Joaquin
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