Re: [OSS] Re: Fwd: Second OSS Conference - Follow Up

At 04:17 2003.01.30, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > I asked Tuan, why he does not post the source code of his VietKey keyboard
> > driver.
> > His reply: His VietKey is "Free Software", but not "Open Source Software".
> > I asked him, how he would translate this "Free Software" to Vietnamese, and
> > he said "Phan Mem Mien Phi". I replied, that this is not "Free Software",
> > but "Freeware". "Free Software" would be "Phan Mem Thu Do".
>
>Here is a developer that wants to think he is contributing to our
>community while in fact he is refusing to contribute;
>
>Since Vietnamese has two different words for "libre" and "gratuit", it
>should be easy to talk about free software in Vietnamese and make it
>perfectly clear that this developer is not supporting users' freedom.
>That should help show the community that people like him are not
>contributors.

>From: "Tran Viet Hung" <hungtrv@vietkey.net>
>To: "AD Marshall" <AD.VICE@ParadoxCafe.Net>
>Subject: Re: VietKey Linux d/l where / o+? dda^u
>Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:03:20 +0700
>
>Dear Mr AD Marshall !
>
>Vietkey Group rely on some existing components such as Linux kernel, Qt
>library, XFree86, KDE,... to build Vietkey linux. We have built own Linux
>installer so we can update our distribution quickly whenever open source
>communitee release new version of components. These are some main features
>of Vietkey linux:
>- Linux kernel: 2.4.18
>- XFree86: 4.2
>- Qt: 3.0.3
>- KDE: 3.0.3
>We will provide source code of Vietkey linux in our Website, but now we
>don't have a dedicate server to upload Vietkey linux and source code.
>Thanks a lot

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