[okfn-discuss] A Free, Libre and Open Glossary

Fri Jul 12 21:49:22 UTC 2013

Thanks to everyone for clarifying "free".

I'd like to make a suggestion, to do by example. I'm an applied sociologist. Many don't know what that is, even some sociologists, so I help define it by example. 
My signature says "applied sociologist", so I am helping to define the 
term by saying I'm one of them.

Similarly, for free or open or flo, define by example. If you have 
some software or something on the web, have a short statement on the product saying "This is free and open, that is, free to use, modify, share." If it's also gratis, then add to the statement, "This is also no charge for the use of this (whatever it is)." If enough people do that, users will get the idea.

So, I have a small blurb here.

http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/soft.html

Gene

Gene Shackman, Ph.D.
The Global Social Change Research Project
http://gsociology.icaap.org
Free Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods
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Applied Sociologist
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 From: Aaron Wolf <wolftune at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] A Free, Libre and Open Glossary

To many of us, FLO means Free a la FSF (free-as-in-freedom), Libre (unambigious), Open a la OKFN. Thus, gratis (free of charge) is not addressed at all. Works may or may not be gratis.
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