From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source" Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:24 -0400 Message-ID: References: <010001cc29eb$fc806cb0$f5814610$@cs.ua.edu> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1307995196 26387 80.91.229.12 (13 Jun 2011 19:59:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:59:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Jeffrey Carver" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 13 21:59:52 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWDId-0001E3-VW for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:59:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44693 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWDId-0004lD-0D for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWDIG-0004kN-Bf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWDIE-0002Jz-VV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:50321) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWDIE-0002Jo-F1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QWDIC-0001ty-0F; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:59:24 -0400 In-reply-to: <010001cc29eb$fc806cb0$f5814610$@cs.ua.edu> (opensourcesurvey@cs.ua.edu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:140431 Archived-At: Emacs is not intended to be open source, but rather free/libre software. We have developed it for freedom's sake, and we want people to know this. Referring to Emacs as "open source" tends to cover up our ethical values up behind a different view that only cites practical values. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html for more explanation of the difference between free software and open source. If you would like our participation in this study, please agree to give the free software movement equal mention in the study's report. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/