Re: [Fsfe-uk] Re:GNU/Linux, Linux Divide

[Anthony Ogden]

Vanessa Conchodon wrote:

> "open source" is too ambiguous as we don't know if
> you refer to the old definition or to the OSD.
Ok, I mean your definition "Free Software" when I say Open Source, I've
always thought Open Source to mean freely available, free to use, free 
to alter
but perhaps I'll do as you suggest and use the term Free Software instead.

I firmly believe that Free Software is the way forward and I want to 
release my
code as Free Software when its worthy! But I can see why average
Joe-Windows (or other closed OS) users can get so confused and scared by 
all this
stuff when they, like me, might talk about Open Source then find they 
should be talking
something else, and then find out that someone says their OS is not 
called what they
thought it was.

Perhaps my thoughts conflict with those on the list, I don't seem to see 
these
things from your political viewpoints.. more from a "How can I actually
use Free Software in practice?" stand-point, and "How can I tone down the
tech-speak so your average parent can understand it like they use those 
other
closed systems?"

So when I saw the educational aim written in Linux Format I thought I'd 
check
you guys out.   But perhaps its the wrong list for me if its so highly 
politically
driven and tied up in so many terms and definitions :)