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Good Work Steve,

This is a valid point. The term "open source" sounds a lot more 'proper'.=
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advertising/explaining Linux/GNU/etc to people who have never come across=
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before it's a useful way of describing things. However it is good to expl=
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that there is in fact a difference once people have gained an initial=20
understanding.
Just my 2p

cheers

tim hall

On Thursday 18 September 2003 22:13, steve@fractalsoup.org wrote:
> since returning to the daily chalkface or should i say smartboard
> the kidz seem to prefer the word "open source" to "free",
> to most of them it seems =A0"free" means not as good as something you p=
ay
> for...hmmm
> to most of them it seems "open source" means to be open is better than
> being closed...hmmm
> believe me that i have used both phrases in their correct contexts ~
> just passing on an observation