Re: site design again
> On this note, I've wondered if anyone has noticed that the word "free"
> is used an awful lot in the "about Debian" page? From what I've been
> reading, "free" is not a good way to describe Linux, because it conveys
> the perception of reduced quality. I don't want to start any battles,
> and I'm certainly not qualified to interpret the slew of free software
> licenses, so please don't attack too vigorously what I'm about to say,
> but has anyone considered updating the "about Debian" and "Debian
> Social Contract (DFSG)" pages to make use of the term "open source",
> which conveys higher quality than "free". I'm aware "open source" is a
> registered something-or-another, and has it's own home page
> (www.opensource.org) and I don't know what the ramifications of that
> are (nor have I seen it discussed in Debian lists). I've noticed that
> other leading Linux distros are mentioned in qualifying open source
> products, and Debian seems to be excluded. Since Debian is somewhat of
> a free software pioneer, this seems unfounded. Further, because Debian
> is a non-commercial (I hope my terminology is correct) distro, I think
> Debian is more susceptible to this misperception than commercial
> distros ("free" equating to reduced quality). Feedback? (Be nice!)
>
Feel 'free' to edit the page and post the new text. Think of it as
submitting proposed changes to upstream source. It is the OpenSource
model for text. :)
Jay
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