Re: [libreoffice-marketing] website terminology for free software

Hi Florian,

Florian Effenberger wrote (04-08-11 21:57)

> I've received a request to change two things on our website, regarding
> terminology:
>
> - Instead of solely using "open source", I was asked that we should also
> use "free software".
>
> - "Linux" should be referred to as "GNU/Linux".
> [...]
>
> Shall we aim for achieving a good mixture of both terminologies? Anyone
> has severe concerns on that?

Using 'free' along side 'open source' is good anyway, because it adds an 
extra dimension to our message, that is quite easy to understand.

The use of 'GNU' does not add anything that is easy to understand. It's 
more something that people 'in the know' like to see. It might look a 
bit more weird to people that are new. But the change that it hurts is 
so small, that I do not object the use of GNU/Linux.

Cheers,


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