[Discussioni] Siti PA e formati "commerciali"

[Christopher R. Gabriel]

    Andrea> Da
    Andrea> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Commercial

    Andrea> "Please don't use ``commercial'' as a synonym for
    Andrea> ``non-free''. That confuses two entirely different issues.
    Andrea> A program is commercial if it is developed as a business
    Andrea> activity. A commercial program can be free or non-free,
    Andrea> depending on its license.  Likewise, a program developed
    Andrea> by a school or an individual can be free or non-free,
    Andrea> depending on its license. The two questions, what sort of
    Andrea> entity developed the program and what freedom its users
    Andrea> have, are independent.  In the first decade of the Free
    Andrea> Software Movement, free software packages were almost
    Andrea> always noncommercial; the components of the GNU/Linux
    Andrea> operating system were developed by individuals or by
    Andrea> nonprofit organizations such as the FSF and
    Andrea> universities. But in the 90s, free commercial software
    Andrea> started to appear.  Free commercial software is a
    Andrea> contribution to our community, so we should encourage
    Andrea> it. But people who think that ``commercial'' means
    Andrea> ``non-free'' are likely to assume the idea is
    Andrea> self-contradictory, and reject it based on a
    Andrea> misunderstanding. Let's be careful not to use the word
    Andrea> ``commercial'' in that way."

    Andrea> In pratica, come appunto si diceva, non si dovrebbe
    Andrea> utilizzare il termine "commerciale" ma "proprietario".

Appunto. Commerciale == "creato per fare soldi". Molto software GPL e'
commerciale ( a parte chi usa ingiustamente commerciale come sinomino
di non libero ). In teoria quindi tutti i formati sono commerciali, al
limite restano fuori il testo puro (forse, bisogna vedere
meglio). Quindi per me non ha senso dire 'formato commerciale'.

In ogni caso, la mia precedente mail era una sottile
provocazione.. cmq non importa :) era una giornata strana.

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