Re: [Fsfe-uk] Liberated software

[Sam Liddicott]

Chris Croughton wrote:

> Or you could use another word.  I think that "software libre" (which the
> Americans would probably spell "liber", thus confusing freedom with
> books, but how many people know Latin these days or care?) has more
> chance of being adopted.  I would happily use that term, but getting the
> FSF to change name...
>
>  
On reflection, how about "Copyleft"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft

Most people don't have a preconceived understanding, and yet the correct 
interpretation in the main is semi-intuitive.
Its also vague enough to cover what most "friends" would mean by 
free-software close to our own interpretation.
It is also in accordance with the history and traditions of the FSF.

Could the term "copyleft software" catch on in the public?

Sam