[okfn-discuss] Free Software tools for OKFN -- please contribute

Fri Nov 29 23:54:15 UTC 2013

On 29/11/13 09:56 PM, Gene Shackman wrote:
> 
> If you want to sell this to the public, you need a better term than
"free" (and not "libre"). Because people will think free means free to
use. "Free and open" might do it. Most people probably have some vague
idea what open means. Or "free and open source".

People will misunderstand Free precisely once. It's easy to explain.

"Open" is also potentially ambiguous, that's why there's the Open
Definition.

- Rob.