Re: international day of freeware ? a day to thank someone for creatin

* An ongoing debate between Proteanthread and All rages on ...

| P> just a thought, like earth day, why not promote freeware day ? one way

Done. Freeware day is February 13th ... thank your favorite author!

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BEN.RITCHEY@family-news.org wrote:
> > | ProteanThread> just a thought, like earth day, why not promote freeware day ? one way
> Done. Freeware day is February 13th ... thank your favorite author!

Did I miss a thread here? Who decided February 13th?....

Do we want 'a freeware day'?. What should we do on that day? You must
eleborate more on the idea.. :-)

From a guy who knows it can be hard to get an idea to become reality...
:-) (freeware logo).

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Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:

> Do we want 'a freeware day'?. What should we do on that day? You must
> eleborate more on the idea.. :-)

erm. . .

http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/

"On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software Freedom
Day."

Susan
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>On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:43:50 -0500, Susan Bugher <whoisebugher@kvi.net> wrote:

>erm. . .
>
>http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
>
>"On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software Freedom
>Day."
>
>Susan

duh, How come this event was missed by all the acf folks?

Mel wrote:
>>On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 15:43:50 -0500, Susan Bugher <whoisebugher@kvi.net> wrote:

>>http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
>>
>>"On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software Freedom
>>Day."

> duh, How come this event was missed by all the acf folks?

It wasn't.

http://groups.google.ca/groups?as_e...=&num=100&hl=en

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Susan Bugher wrote:
> Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
>
>> Do we want 'a freeware day'?. What should we do on that day? You must
>> eleborate more on the idea.. :-)
> erm. . .
> http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
>
> "On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software Freedom
> Day."
>
> Susan


OK. But it's not the same. This is for open source only:
> Anyone has the right and access to examine the programs' designs, in the form of source code, and make any changes he or she may wish to make.

Not including 'traditional closed source freeware' (strange term?)

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Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
> Susan Bugher wrote:
>> Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:

>>> Do we want 'a freeware day'?. What should we do on that day? You must
>>> eleborate more on the idea.. :-)
>>
>> erm. . .
>> http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
>>
>> "On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software
>> Freedom Day."

> OK. But it's not the same. This is for open source only:
>
>> Anyone has the right and access to examine the programs' designs, in
>> the form of source code, and make any changes he or she may wish to make.
>
> Not including 'traditional closed source freeware' (strange term?)

Yup. Some open source advocates seem to go out of their way to take a
swipe at *Freeware*.

Stranger yet - their convoluted explanations of the term "free software"
- free as in freedom etc. etc. Open source is easy to understand -
"free software" that you have to pay for is a bit ridiculous IMO.

anyway. . .

You asked for elaboration on the idea of a Freeware Day - the URL was an
FYI.

Susan
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Vegard Krog Petersen wrote in <cuflqb$hal$1@news.tdcnorge.no>:

>OK. But it's not the same. This is for open source only:
[...]
>Not including 'traditional closed source freeware' (strange term?)

May I suggest a "Free File-Manager day", a "Free File-Splitter day, a
"Free Mail-Client day", a "Free "NewsReader day" - and so forth. We do
not have to make any fuzz about establishing such "free...days", all
we need to do is sweettalk Alex Balfour, to have him "insert" our new
"free..days" in his CalMag <http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/>, spread
the word about the program...and sit back and wait and hope our new
"days" will be adopted globally

Seriously though, it would be nice if....

All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen

Bjorn Simonsen wrote:

> May I suggest a "Free File-Manager day", a "Free File-Splitter day, a
> "Free Mail-Client day", a "Free "NewsReader day" - and so forth. We do
> not have to make any fuzz about establishing such "free...days", all
> we need to do is sweettalk Alex Balfour, to have him "insert" our new
> "free..days" in his CalMag <http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/>, spread
> the word about the program...and sit back and wait and hope our new
> "days" will be adopted globally

Great idea Bjorn! The Pricelessware list has 12 categories, that's one
for each month. . . now where's Alex. . .

Susan
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Susan Bugher wrote:
> Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
>
>> Susan Bugher wrote:
>>
>>> Vegard Krog Petersen wrote:
>
>
>>>> Do we want 'a freeware day'?. What should we do on that day? You must
>>>> eleborate more on the idea.. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> erm. . .
>>> http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/
>>>
>>> "On August 28, 2004, we will celebrate the first annual Software
>>> Freedom Day."
>
>
>> OK. But it's not the same. This is for open source only:
>>
>>> Anyone has the right and access to examine the programs' designs, in
>>> the form of source code, and make any changes he or she may wish to
>>> make.
>>
>>
>> Not including 'traditional closed source freeware' (strange term?)
>
>
> Yup. Some open source advocates seem to go out of their way to take a
> swipe at *Freeware*.
>
> Stranger yet - their convoluted explanations of the term "free software"
> - free as in freedom etc. etc. Open source is easy to understand -
> "free software" that you have to pay for is a bit ridiculous IMO.
>
> anyway. . .
>
> You asked for elaboration on the idea of a Freeware Day - the URL was an
> FYI.
>
> Susan


Thanks for the info, susan :-)
I made up that term myself... :-)

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