<div dir="ltr"><div>צודק.<br></div><div>בכל אופן אני בעד לכלול את המילה "עולם" כי זה מעביר מסר חזק יותר.</div><div><br></div><div>~לאון</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Shlomi Fish <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shlomif@iglu.org.il">shlomif@iglu.org.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Friday 11 September 2009 14:54:20 Leon Mintz wrote:<br>
> IMHO, we should also pay a careful attention to how the title will sound in<br>
> Hebrew.<br>
> I suggest:<br>
> ברוכים הבאים לעולם של תוכנה חופשית<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Which means "Welcome to the World of Free Software".<br>
<br>
The problem with saying "תוכנה חופשית" is that some people may think it means<br>
"gratis/costless software" instead of "libre software", even in Hebrew. For a<br>
discussion see:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://shlomif.livejournal.com/52098.html" target="_blank">http://shlomif.livejournal.com/52098.html</a><br>
<br>
I think "ברוכים הבאים לקוד הפתוח" or "ברוכים הבאים לעולם הקוד הפתוח" will be<br>
better because most people know that "open source" is more than just gratis<br>
software. "open source" is problematic due to:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/foss-other-beasts/revision-2/foss-and-
other-beasts/criteria.html#criteria_sourceware" target="_blank">http://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/foss-other-beasts/revision-2/foss-and-<br>
other-beasts/criteria.html#criteria_sourceware</a><br>
<br>
(short URL - <a href="http://shlom.in/sourceware" target="_blank">http://shlom.in/sourceware</a> ).<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Shlomi Fish<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> ~ Leon<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Shlomi Fish <<a href="mailto:shlomif@iglu.org.il">shlomif@iglu.org.il</a>> wrote:<br>
> > On Friday 11 September 2009 13:26:32 Ohad Lutzky wrote:<br>
> > > I agree. "Welcome to Linux and FOSS" should be the name, and a short<br>
> > > (no more than 20 words) explanation of the name should preclude the<br>
> > > event.<br>
> ><br>
> > "Welcome to FOSS" may have been a name I used out of convenience. We can<br>
> > call<br>
> > it "Welcome to Open Source" or "Welcome to Open Source Software", etc.<br>
> > Many people have heard about "Open Source".<br>
> ><br>
> > Regards,<br>
> ><br>
> > Shlomi Fish<br>
> ><br>
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