[FM Discuss] FM PR about Bookstore
Christopher Sawtell
csawtell at gmail.com
Sat Oct 18 15:31:48 PDT 2008
2008/10/19 David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org>:
> Adam,
>
> Something I have been struggling with at sugar labs is the connotation
> people have between free and no-value. As a result, I am looking at free
> and open as our values. On the public relations side I think emphasize the
> 'High Quality' of the work is more important.
Indeed!
Perhaps you might care to use the words "unencumbered" and "gratis" to
differentiate the two meanings, because the use of the word "free" in
the context of either software or other prose creates unfortunate
ambiguities.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
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