Re: [gNewSense-users] libre people

[Paul O'Malley - gnu's not unix -]

Sam Geeraerts wrote:
> Sam Geeraerts schreef:
> > So I tried to come up with some more alternatives. Alliterations 
> > always go down well, so I thought "Freedom Friends" would be a good 
> > candidate. But it looks like that's already taken: [1], [2]; and the 
> > association with those organisations (although coincidental) may give 
> > the wrong impression about our own message. The same goes for "Friends 
> > of Freedom" ([3], [4]). "Freedom Fighters" and "Freedom Fanatics" 
> > sound a bit extreme.
> >
> > That's about all I can think of right now, but I will ponder on it 
> > some more.
>
> Freedom Folk sounds nice and is somewhat in line with "Libre People". 
> What I don't like about it is that you can't use it in a single person 
> form, unlike e.g. Ubuntero. It would be nice to be able to say "I am a 
> ...".

folker does not work well in English .....
Volker is specifically German

people / person does over come that

Personally Libre cuts it for me, because it says Freedom, and as we all 
know long before software was invented English as a language was broken.

Culturally the word Freedom when used alongside other words, may 
seriously aggravate non software people in a lot of English speaking 
countries. Using Sam's words to justify this.

Easier to win a debate if you don't give yourself obstacles.
Whatever your personal politics you do want all people using Free Software.

Libre People

perhaps with a slogan of the

The Freedom is in the Source!

My 2c worth.

Regards,
P.