Note that the acronym FOSS has an alternative (which I always use) of FLOSS - Free/Libre Open Source Source. So yes, I would support the use of the word Libre, and if people complain "that's French, and American is the universal language", I would respond with "It's not French, it's Latin" (which *was* the universal language). Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: koha-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:koha-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Paul POULAIN Sent: 19 January 2005 09:23 To: Rachel Hamilton-Williams Cc: Koha-devel; Rebecca Holden Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] New Koha Logo
The Free/Open Source debate has raged on and off - and so a version with "free" in it would be possible I think if some would rather use that -
here both are confusing which is why I was thinking of droping them - but again YMMV, so let me know and I'll do a couple of versions.
My opinion here : * the "free library system" sentence must be out of the logo. For translation purposes (worst : in french a "librairie" is a bookseller, a "library" is a "bibliotheque". A non translated word could be a real trouble for many ppl) * I heavily prefer having the word free in it. In french, it's "libre", and "libre" (=free as speach) is different from "gratuit" (=free as beer), so no risks here. And "free" is shorter than "open source" (in french like in english). And, last, "open source" is not enough. It should be written "open source in the Open Source Initiative sense". **************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 8272 5300, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. ****************************************************************************