[slug-chat] Re: [SLUG] Personal sacrifice and free software

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We should probably move this to slug-chat...

Martin wrote:
> you will find a lot of people in the US speak spanish or interact
> regularly with people who do or become exposed one way or another (large
> proportion of immigrants, mexico just over the border)
> 
> can we say the same about other countries?

I noticed this trend in Europe also. It was not uncommon to meet people
who could speak 3 or more languages. I think the education systems in
European countries promote language learning much more than they do here
though.

> people who don't know what "libre" means will, at best, learn what it
> means and, at worst, remain confused (but at least avoid of any of the
> negative "free" associations)

www.thesaurus.com gives these (amonsgt others) alternatives for 'free
(adj)'
ungoverned, irrepressible, gratis (yes, it's English), unconstrained,
unrestrained, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed

it also gives 'spontaneous' and 'unvanquished'.

Hmmm....
<Jim Waley voice>
"Richard Stallman, head of the Unvanquished Software Foundation (USF)
spoke out today on behalf of his minions about..."
</Jim Waley voice>

S'pose then we'll have 'Bill Gates the Unvanquished Sofware slayer' as
well... :P

Matthew