[Fedora-ambassadors-list] A new version of beta1 (codename beta4)
Patrick Barnes
nman64 at n-man.com
Sat Mar 11 03:19:51 UTC 2006
On Thursday 09 March 2006 10:12, Francesco Ugolini wrote:
> Everything is Open and i ask myself why i have to use a close OS such
> as Windows, when in the world exist Open (Source) Operating System
> and i've decided to extend this issue in a banner. Correctly you ask
> me why i've decided to use Open instead of Free, my reply is simple:
> many commercial (so close) software are freely, so i've thought that
> we have to underline the Open side of Fedora, that is the gratest
> thing of this project.
>
> This is my opinion.
>
> What do you think, then ?
>
> Thanks for your feedback.
>
I'm inclined to agree with Tejas on this one. I understand why you wish to
use "open", but the usage is improper. I suppose you could consider it a
quirk of English. A theme of "open for <noun>", "open like <noun>", or "open
to <noun>" would be correct usage. Try building larger sentences with your
lines. This will give you a better feel for the usage.
For example, try to finish these and make them sound right:
"Love is open to ___"
"___'s change is open"
Where these are obvious:
"Fedora is open to change"
"Fedora is open for the world"
"Fedora is open like the universe"
If you go with "free", you get these:
"Love is free for everyone"
"Your life is free"
I can't tell you what the right way is in this case, but I can tell you that
the current phrases don't feel right to me.
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