paul POULAIN <paul.poulain@free.fr> wrote:
PS : some ppl in France says that "Libre software" is often used in english countries to avoid the "free" mistake (like free speach, not free beer). Is it true ?
English countries? You mean England or all Anglophone ones? Certainly, in England (and the UK and I think the Irish Republic too), we say "free software". I have seen EU studies that call it "Free/Libre," though. The US is home to the Free Software Foundation, so I suspect they call it free software too. Africa has the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, so I suspect they call it free software... I'm not there, though, so I can't say for sure. Don't believe everything people say: after all, some French people have tried to tell me that "logiciel libre" is a translation of "open source" which is rather naughty of them. -- MJR/slef, also treasurer of http://www.affs.org.uk/