Re: [Gimp-web] "Free Software" vs. "Open Source"

Pat David <[email protected]> Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:44:29 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.video.gimp.web
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I prefer the original as well. Unless there's a compelling argument for
changing it, I'll leave it as is.
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 6:38 AM Alexandre Prokoudine <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Pat David wrote:
> > Referring to this bug report:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758510
> >
> > Should I change the lead description text to just "The Free Software
> Image
> > Editor"?
>
> Aren't "software" and "editor" mutually exclusive in this case?
>
> Anyway, I don't see what's wrong with "The Free & Open Source Image
> Editor". It uses the word "free", and the "open source" bit serves
> nicely as an explanation what kind of free it is.
>
> If purists have a problem with that, I dare say they might go ahead
> and create a free gnu whatever image editor of their own. Godspeed
> with that.
>
> Alex
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