[Open-graphics] Discussions with Richard Stallman

[Timothy Miller]

On 1/7/07, Jack Carroll <mykrowatt at comcast.net> wrote:

>         I'm still bothered by the ambiguity in the definition of "free" in
> English.  As I once mentioned, we might be better off with a word from
> another language, that refers only to freedom.

You mean like "Libre"?

>         Regarding our project's name, I don't think we can change it, for
> two reasons.  One is the widespread recognition.  The other is that we are
> only able to develop open specification designs with open documentation at
> present.  Economics prevent us from publishing the full internals and
> granting unrestricted modification rights, until up-front costs are
> recouped.  So I think it would be deceptive to bill ourselves as a free
> hardware engineering project, until we're able to deliver on that claim.

I wonder if RMS has any objection to the term "Open Standard".
Perhaps, in a bit if a retcon, we could say that in "Open Graphics
Project," we are referring to the fact that we are creating an open
standard.


-- 
Timothy Miller
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti