alt Hacker NewsBegging open source projects to stop with the libre<name> convention, it's awkward to say, it's cringe and seems to spiritually doom a project to fail.
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Dwedit • yesterday at 10:36 AM
One example that really sticks in my mind was "Libreboot". Yes, it's supposed to represent a free BIOS/booting system. But it also sounds like the name of a library dedicated to rebooting your computer.
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madduci • yesterday at 11:20 AM
At least they signal that the project is open and free. What about projects using "Open" but they aren't? (See: OpenAI)
PowerElectronix • yesterday at 10:28 AM
That's like asking a EU product to not be named Euro-{product}.
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The "libre" terms originates from the "free software" movement which does not like the term "open source" on philosophical grounds. In English, "free" has multiple meanings, and the romance language-derived "libre" was chosen in the past to distinguish the movement's ideals from the use of "free as in beer".
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html