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RE: Free Software

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 21, 2003 09:50 PM
"notice how Asians talk more about Free Software than about Open Source??"

i'm not an expert, but they probably use the word "free" because it would translate more easily into japanese and korean than "open source". both languages use chinese characters as a foundation their languages.

next time, please think a fraction of a second before posting your kindergarten stereotype...

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