Essay RFC delayed.

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It just happens to be a little difficult to talk about another project
in this case, because Gnome is the project under study.

I would have to agree with Richard, it is part of the free software
movement, not the "open source" one.  Although the means are often
identical, the goals are not the same at all.

> 
> Or alternatively, simply list another project so as not to confuse the 
> issue midstream. As Richard points out, the FSF doesn't want the terms 
> "Open Source" and "Free Software" lumped together. Rather than switching to 
> a different terminology mid-stream, it would make more sense to simply 
> select a non-FSF project there to avoid confusion to the reader.
> 
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> 
> At 01:04 PM 8/18/99 -0600, Richard Stallman wrote:
> >     How do Open Source projects differ from the above?
> >     In two very important ways.  Firstly, OSPs have no
> >     time-bound.  That is, there is no deadline whereby
> >     the next version of GNOME has to be delivered, "or
> >
> >I agree entirely with your argument, but the words raise a background
> >issue so important I have to make a correction.
> >
> >GNOME is part of the GNU Project, and we are part of the Free Software
> >movement, not the Open Source movement.  We and they do similar
> >things, and we can work together in practice, but our philosophical
> >reasons are as different as could be.
> >
> >Could you kindly cite GNOME as an example of the Free Software
> >movement, not one of the Open Source movement?  Please don't
> >spread the idea that the latter one includes all of us.
> >
> >See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
> >for more explanation of the difference between the two movements.
>