semantics

[charles zeitler]

Do what thou wilt
shall  be the whole  of the Law.


On 4/1/10, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 04/02/2010 05:27 AM, charles zeitler wrote:
>>
>> 1) "free and open source software" is redundant ( if it's free software )
>>
>
> Not quite.  FOSS is a umbrella term and using it is one way of avoiding
> the free beer vs freedom confusion
>
yes, i can see that.... ( although i have seen some potentially
misleading references to just "open source software" )

>> 2) does fedora need a "stable release" ?
(having seen some references to this)
>>    (there is already "current" "next"  "previous" and "eol")
>>
>
> Previous and current are "stable" releases.  Next is the development
> branch.

uh huh. but is there really something _called_  the "stable release"
(as opposed to...) & if so, would there be a release sufficiently
"unstable" as to "encourage collaboration and incubate innovative new
technologies"?

>
> Rahul
>
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oops!

charles zeitler

Love is the law, love under will.