[W2l] Idea: "Welcome to Open Source" instead of "Welcome to Linux" this year

[Leon Mintz]

צודק.
בכל אופן אני בעד לכלול את המילה "עולם" כי זה מעביר מסר חזק יותר.

~לאון

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il> wrote:

> On Friday 11 September 2009 14:54:20 Leon Mintz wrote:
> > IMHO, we should also pay a careful attention to how the title will sound
> in
> > Hebrew.
> > I suggest:
> > ברוכים הבאים לעולם של תוכנה חופשית
> >
>
> Which means "Welcome to the World of Free Software".
>
> The problem with saying "תוכנה חופשית" is that some people may think it
> means
> "gratis/costless software" instead of "libre software", even in Hebrew. For
> a
> discussion see:
>
> http://shlomif.livejournal.com/52098.html
>
> I think "ברוכים הבאים לקוד הפתוח" or "ברוכים הבאים לעולם הקוד הפתוח" will
> be
> better because most people know that "open source" is more than just gratis
> software. "open source" is problematic due to:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/foss-other-beasts/revision-2/foss-and-
> other-beasts/criteria.html#criteria_sourceware
>
> (short URL - http://shlom.in/sourceware ).
>
> Regards,
>
>        Shlomi Fish
>
> > ~ Leon
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il>
> wrote:
> > > On Friday 11 September 2009 13:26:32 Ohad Lutzky wrote:
> > > > I agree. "Welcome to Linux and FOSS" should be the name, and a short
> > > > (no more than 20 words) explanation of the name should preclude the
> > > > event.
> > >
> > > "Welcome to FOSS" may have been a name I used out of convenience. We
> can
> > > call
> > > it "Welcome to Open Source" or "Welcome to Open Source Software", etc.
> > > Many people have heard about "Open Source".
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >        Shlomi Fish
> > >
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