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On 26/03/07, Matt Lee <mattl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Aaron Trevena wrote: > > > You seem to be trying to. > > Not at all. People will run whatever they like. It is not the > point of free software groups or distributions to promote or > distribute non-free softare. Sorry - who are you to say what the point of this group is - do you host it, did you help start it, have you organised any meetings or helped any users because it doesn't look like it to me. > > Linux was what it was called when I first started using it, because > > Linus created a basic operating system and bundled it with GNU stuff > > to make it useful. > > Um, no... we're a GNU/Linux users group. What's so hard to > understand there? Sorry - I started a LUG with Alex way back, this is that LUG, just because the name was changed to appease the zealots - the FSF is there to promote free software - we're here to allow linux and fl/oss users to talk about stuff, solve their problems and share software, knowledge and experience. > > Open Source is descriptive and easier to understand than Free Software > > and has less political connotations - for some reason rabid zealotry > > can put people off. > > Most people know what software is compared to source code. But they don't know what 'Free' means, especially in the context of Software. A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html