Comments on: Ecuador: A Weekend of Free Software Throughout the Country http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:41:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: northxsouth : free software news from latin america » Ecuador Weekend of Free Software http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/comment-page-1/#comment-1446166 northxsouth : free software news from latin america » Ecuador Weekend of Free Software Fri, 02 May 2008 16:10:28 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/#comment-1446166 [...] Fourteen cities in Ecuador participated in the recent Latin American Festival of Free Software Installation. A detailed report about the events in Ecuador, given the recent decree by President Rafael Correa, was published on Global Voices Online. [...] [...] Fourteen cities in Ecuador participated in the recent Latin American Festival of Free Software Installation. A detailed report about the events in Ecuador, given the recent decree by President Rafael Correa, was published on Global Voices Online. [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/comment-page-1/#comment-1446009 Nathan Fri, 02 May 2008 08:51:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/#comment-1446009 I think the right term to use in this case is "free software". The term "free" refers to freedom and the purpose of FLISOL was to educate and advocate freedom. "Open source" is technically not incorrect but the point of Open Source is not to advocate freedom but to advocate a way of making technically better computer programs. Choosing proprietary software is not choosing freedom because proprietary software is defined as causing the user to become helpless and divided from cooperating with their community. There is no way a user can be free while they accept proprietary softaware. With free software, the user has full rights to help themself and cooperate with their community and this is the message of FLISOL I think the right term to use in this case is “free software”. The term “free” refers to freedom and the purpose of FLISOL was to educate and advocate freedom. “Open source” is technically not incorrect but the point of Open Source is not to advocate freedom but to advocate a way of making technically better computer programs.

Choosing proprietary software is not choosing freedom because proprietary software is defined as causing the user to become helpless and divided from cooperating with their community. There is no way a user can be free while they accept proprietary softaware. With free software, the user has full rights to help themself and cooperate with their community and this is the message of FLISOL

]]> By: Chris Salzberg http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/comment-page-1/#comment-1445747 Chris Salzberg Thu, 01 May 2008 23:39:01 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/01/ecuador-weekend-of-flisol-celebrations/#comment-1445747 Great to hear about people across the world using open-source software! Great to hear about people across the world using open-source software!

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