On Jan 3, 2008 10:49 AM, Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The free software foundation shall not be called free software > foundation.. it shall be called Stallmanist Foundation and the > philosophies are to be outlined as Stallmanism.. not free software. > > If you want to campaign for a philosophical stand about software and > trees, you are entitled to do so. I don't think we will change the > name of the free software movement for you, though. Sorry.
Uhmm. Care to share your perspective regarding the name in light of the following recollections from Michael Zeleny, RMS? http://google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/cf1768c0e213d438?dmode=source "As a personal note, back in 1985, I was deceptively expelled from the Free Software Foundation, to which I gave its name, by the underhanded dealing of Richard Stallman, whose allies took exception to my argument that "Free" meant just what it said. [...] is most gratifying to see the open source movement finally outgrow the ideology of Frenetics, which was the name RMS had originally favored for his private charity." http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/a558fd18a4e90340?dmode=source "Once upon a time, RMS wanted software to be as free as air. Based on this claim, I suggested that he name a repository for the same, "Free Software Foundation". Had I known that "free as air" meant something else altogether, our misunderstanding would have been avoided." TIA. regards, alexander.
