From: Alexander Terekhov (alexander.terekhovgmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2008 - 10:25:03 CST

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On Jan 3, 2008 10:49 AM, Richard Stallman <rmsgnu.org> wrote:
> The free software foundation shall not be called free software
> foundation.. it shall be called Stallmanist Foundation and the
> philosophies are to be outlined as Stallmanism.. not free software.
>
> If you want to campaign for a philosophical stand about software and
> trees, you are entitled to do so. I don't think we will change the
> name of the free software movement for you, though. Sorry.

Uhmm. Care to share your perspective regarding the name in light of
the following recollections from Michael Zeleny, RMS?

http://google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/cf1768c0e213d438?dmode=source

"As a personal note, back in 1985, I was deceptively expelled from the
Free Software Foundation, to which I gave its name, by the underhanded
dealing of Richard Stallman, whose allies took exception to my argument
that "Free" meant just what it said.

[...]

is most gratifying to see the open source movement finally outgrow the
ideology of Frenetics, which was the name RMS had originally favored
for his private charity."

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/a558fd18a4e90340?dmode=source

"Once upon a time, RMS wanted software to be as free as air. Based on
this claim, I suggested that he name a repository for the same, "Free
Software Foundation". Had I known that "free as air" meant something
else altogether, our misunderstanding would have been avoided."

TIA.

regards,
alexander.

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