Hi, On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> wrote: [...]
"День /свободы/ программного обеспечения" (Software Freedom)
vs.
"День /свободного/ программного обеспечения" (Free Software.)
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[1] http://www.linux.org.ru/news/opensource/2135552 [2] http://www.linux.org.ru/news/sco/642283#comment-642440
The proponents of the "Free Software" variant argue that "software freedom" is as much a nonsensical notion as "software slavery" is.
Well, this e-mail points to some links, but fails to substantiate this sentence pointing to such a link. I've never heard of this, but I'm 100% positive that "free software" as it is used - even in their name! - by "Free Software Foundation" isn't to represent a "nonsensical notion", but to talk about software that is free. *Free Software* is "software in freedom", "software freedom" is the whole concept - of which every free software is a practical example. More about what is free software here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Note: while this is the case at least in English and in Portuguese, there might be a linguistic "trick" regarding this words in Russian, even if I don't think so. Best regards, -- Marcos Marado ANSOL.org