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Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf LOCAL team - Report



Well in that case, lets have it set back as "Free" instead of "Open".


Adnan

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 04:25:54PM +0200, Adnan Hodzic wrote:
>> # Sponsorship brochure still has the same problems
>
>> For example "*Free* Operating System" instead of "*Open* Operating
>> System" and so on. This was reported by me and other people for number
>> of times and still these remain unfixed.
>
> As Ana points out, we regularly refer to Debian as a free operating system,
> *not* as an "open operating system".  Google reports this, with about a 40:1
> ratio of hits in favor of "free".  I think changing this to "open" would be
> a regression and dilute Debian's "brand message"™©®.
>
> Cheers,
> --
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