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>> "Maxima is the open-source..." --> Maxima is the free software...
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I think 'open source' is preferable to 'free software', without diminishing
the essential meaning (access and modification of the source code is
allowed), because:
1) 'free' means gratis, as related to 'software'. That is the natural
association people do. I do not see any good reasons to 'educate' people to
attach a different meaning to a commonly used expression. On the contrary,
the attribute 'open' naturally evokes and pinpoints the concrete meaning.
2) 'free software' is idelologically connotated, thus probably driving back
many users. I do not like that to happen.
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Pol