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Re: [Koha-devel] Re: [Koha] 3rd pre 2.0 meeting
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MJ Ray |
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Re: [Koha-devel] Re: [Koha] 3rd pre 2.0 meeting |
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Thu Jun 19 02:20:17 2003 |
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paul POULAIN <address@hidden> wrote:
> PS : some ppl in France says that "Libre software" is often used in
> english countries to avoid the "free" mistake (like free speach, not
> free beer). Is it true ?
English countries? You mean England or all Anglophone ones? Certainly,
in England (and the UK and I think the Irish Republic too), we say "free
software". I have seen EU studies that call it "Free/Libre," though.
The US is home to the Free Software Foundation, so I suspect they call it
free software too. Africa has the Free Software and Open Source Foundation
for Africa, so I suspect they call it free software... I'm not there,
though, so I can't say for sure.
Don't believe everything people say: after all, some French people have
tried to tell me that "logiciel libre" is a translation of "open source"
which is rather naughty of them.
--
MJR/slef, also treasurer of http://www.affs.org.uk/