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Bug#255732: www.debian.org: confusing statement on /intro/free



also sprach Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@ist.org> [2004.06.25.2136 +0200]:
> The thing is, none direction wants to be played in that webpage,
> because there is essential no reason to do so.  And there _are_
> links to both the OSI definition of open source and to the FSF
> definition to free software in that very paragraph you were
> quoting.  I thought there weren't and that would make your report
> at least partly sensible, but now that I notice that the links are
> there I am not really sure what your problem is....

I would be happy with a statement appended, like "(please check the
linked pages for definitions of the terms)". Just capitalising the
terms doesn't register with every user. Free Software and Open
Source Software are different from free software and open source
software. That's my beef.

> So, the only thing left in your report that needs to be addressed
> is the "As will become clear in the discussion below" and what it
> is/was refering to. Like said, I'll try to track that down.

Thanks.

> From a quick look now (because you seem to be impatient,

How so?

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