[EuroPython] send out press release
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:54:13 +0100
Laura Creighton wrote:
>
> I tried the formulation 'free and open source software' for a conference
> I organised. It bombed. Everybody thought I meant 'free/open source
> software, that ALSO COST NO MONEY'. After all, if I did not mean
> 'COST NO MONEY' then either free, or open source, would be enough.
>
> There are no easy answers here. I have personally moved to using
> Open Source exclusively, and let the unthinking RMS-acolytes hate me,
> but that may not be an option for you.
>
> Just to warn you that I tried it your way and it failed miserably.
Last I looked there was no mention of "free" anywhere in the
press release. Let's leave this discussion now and move on...
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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