Open source dmd on Reddit!

[Leandro Lucarella]

Don, el 10 de marzo a las 06:43 me escribiste:
> To quote Richard Stallman:
> ------
> However, the obvious meaning for the expression “open source software” is 
> “You can look at the source code,” and most people seem to think that's what 
> it means. That is a much weaker criterion than free software, and much weaker 
> than the official definition of open source. It includes many programs that are 
> neither free nor open source.
> 
> Since that obvious meaning for “open source” is not the meaning that its 
> advocates intend, the result is that most people misunderstand the term. 

Free Software is a very ambiguous term too (many people think of "free" as
in no charge).

Unfortunately English is a very crappy language ;)

> ------[etc]
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html
> 
> I'll try to never use the term "open source" again. EVER.

I think FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software) is the term to use to make
all the people happy =)

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