[Sussex] What path does one take

[Steven Dobson]

On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 10:01 +0100, Geoff Teale wrote:
> Whilst my personal stance is that Freedom is the single most important
> feature of Linux, this list is about Linux use and doesn't actually
> dictate anything in that context about freedom.

I would say the the most important thing is the Linux community as a
whole (and that includes the corporate members like IBM and RedHat).  Of
course you can't build the community we have without the freedoms so the
freedoms are very, very important.  But a freedom that no one uses isn't
as useful as a freedom that is used by millions.  it maybe as important,
but it isn't as useful.

> Personally I don't think a LUG can be restrictive about it's membership
> or the topics discussed beyond requiring that the bulk of traffic
> concerns Linux.

100% agree.

> Even here however we can't be too concerned with
> scemantics.  I mean Linux is a kernel after all - to cover the scope of
> this list it should be the Sussex GNU/Linux Systems, Distributions and
> Related Software and Issues Discussion List and User Group.

I don't have a problem with the term "Linux" having multiple means in
the English (or other) language.  Many words in the English language
have more than one meaning and some times which meaning is unclear from
the context.  "Free" is a very good example of this.  I hope all on this
list agree with me that the "Free" in Free Software is talking about
your freedom not the cost, but masses probably don't - we need to get
that message out.

Steve
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