Most developers identify with the term “free software”
A friend sent me another useful reference point on the emerging decline in the term “open source,” from an EU report:
In this report we refer to the single phenomenon known by the various terms “libre software”, “free software” and “open source software” as Free/Libre/Open Source Software (or FLOSS). We note that the EU/FP5 FLOSS developer survey of over 2800 respondents showed that a majority of developers themselves identify with the term “free software”, while Libre software (logiciel libre, software libre, software libero) is the favoured term in southern Europe and Latin America.
Another friend, a free software developer, wrote in response:
Now if only this would show up to the public! That is where it makes a difference.
I hope to improve this situation personally! :-)
The Most developers identify with the term “free software” by David Crossland, except the quotations and unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
January 26, 2007 | Filed Under Personal Thoughts
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