Hi,
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Sundaram Ramachandran <
sundaram.ramachandran at kggroup.com> wrote:
rms till date couldn't find a suitable
alternative to free, though he agrees with mis-interpretation it raises.
I think RMS is full of mischief. He never cared for Corporates, but only
for small users and the society. So I feel he purposely used the word
"Free" to make it attractive to the layman. In India and anywhere, people
will travel by car spending Rs. 100/- on petrol to save Rs.50/- on some
purchase if there is a "Free" offer.
I think I have some solid evidence for my claim that RMS is mischievous:
Consider the word "GNU" - initially it was pronounced as "New", so as to
make it more appealing.
And consider the word "Hurd" which he used for his 'free' kernel project.
It is very easy to confuse Hurd with Herd; in order to encourage the Herd
mentality of the computing masses.
So although RMS claims Free stands for Freedom, it is only the second or
third meaning in the dictionary. The attempt is not to clarify, but to
purposely and mischievously mislead to misinterpret.