Then use "Free and Open Source" which avoids the acronym, includes your
golden "Open Source" branding (which is legally blind IMO) and possibly
just take a sentence to explain the economics (very briefly)
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Oops. I forgot to address your previous comment
(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/+bug/571524/comments/4). I
understand your preference for FOSS; however, I'm reluctant to drop an
acronym like that into a beginner's manual without proper explanation.
And such explanation would inevitably
I've just pushed the first of what will undoubtedly be many re-writes of
the section. Please have a look and provide feedback if you can.
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Then don't apply either, We've been using the term FOSS for a while now
to define an amalgamation between technical and social priorities which
gives the whole definition a lot of strength.
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I agree that neither description is perfect, Martin, but I do think it's
worth noting that the FSF explicitly refuses to endorse Ubuntu, which it
claims does not adhere to the foundation's definition of "free
software." Granted, their reasons for this seem to focus more on
Canonical's endorsement
Bryan, the definitions between the FSF and the OSI are almost the same,
the problem is that the FSF definition is more tightly focused. Although
I have to say that I personally don't like either.
Canonical are not the Ubuntu Community, I'd be weary of a blind copy
since Canonical isn't exactly doi
These comments from doctormo are valuable; however, while some address
inaccuracies in the description, others simply expand the scope of the
description more broadly than a beginning user may need or even wish.
The initial draft of this section included information about free
software and explanat
** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
Milestone: None => edition-2
** Changed in: ubuntu-manual
Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Owens (doctormo)
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