On Jan 3, 2008 10:49 AM, Richard Stallman  wrote:

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>    The free software foundation shall not be called free software

>    foundation.. it shall be called Stallmanist Foundation and the

>    philosophies are to be outlined as Stallmanism.. not free software.

>

> If you want to campaign for a philosophical stand about software and

> trees, you are entitled to do so.  I don't think we will change the

> name of the free software movement for you, though.  Sorry.

Uhmm. Care to share your perspective regarding the name in light of

the following recollections from Michael Zeleny, RMS?
http://google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/cf1768c0e213d438?dmode=source
"As a personal note, back in 1985, I was deceptively expelled from the

Free Software Foundation, to which I gave its name, by the underhanded

dealing of Richard Stallman, whose allies took exception to my argument

that "Free" meant just what it said.
[...]
is most gratifying to see the open source movement finally outgrow the

ideology of Frenetics, which was the name RMS had originally favored

for his private charity."
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.books/msg/a558fd18a4e90340?dmode...
"Once upon a time, RMS wanted software to be as free as air.  Based on

this claim, I suggested that he name a repository for the same, "Free

Software Foundation".  Had I known that "free as air" meant something

else altogether, our misunderstanding would have been avoided."
TIA.
regards,

alexander.