[bug-sourceinstall] Re: Documentation

[Claudio Fontana]

Hello,

--- Leonardo Lopes Pereira
<address@hidden> wrote:

> This was a comment about the Source Installer
> documentation.
> 
> Set 10 15:48:09 ams   leonardo_lopes: Could you tell
> the author to fix the
> manual?
> Set 10 15:48:11 ams   It says:
> Set 10 15:48:24 ams   Tip: add GPL or another Free
> license name to your
> search, so you are sure to find real Free Software,
> and not freeware,
> shareware or whatelse. You can also try the term
> Open Source (the Free
> Software movement generally despises the term, but
> it is less prone to
> sending you to a freeware or even commercial page
> than trying to enter
> Free Software in your engine).

I confirm that the text was absolutely intentional.

> Set 10 15:48:53 ams   It shouldn't say taht we
> "despise" the word.

The GNU project does not like the term 'Open Source'
when used to describe Free Software:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html

I can try to think about a "softer" term, but the
substance remains the same.

> Set 10 15:49:05 ams   Nor say that commersial pages
> are bad.

I do not say that commercial pages are "bad" (?). I
say that if you are looking for Free Software
downloads, the terms "free" and "software" can trigger
matches about sites talking about "free software" in a
very different context and meaning.



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