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Disclaimer: I have not been involved in the Social Contract in any substantial |
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manner, so this is only my understanding of it as a native English speaker. |
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On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 7:07:28 PM AEDT Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> (Not being a native speaker of English, I have difficulties |
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> understanding this sentence. "Far" appears to be a typo for "for"? |
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Yes, "far" appears to be a typo of "for". |
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> But what is the meaning of "education [...] of software development"? |
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This means education _about_ software development to others, specifically those |
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involved in the development of it. We teach newcomers what it means to be a |
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part of a FOSS project, generally speaking. |
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> "Open environment" sounds like marketing babble, or is it an |
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> expression with a fixed meaning?) |
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It doesn't have a fixed meaning, as such, but I take it to effectively stand |
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for FOSS, or at least _not_ a closed environment such as commercial, |
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proprietary development. |
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In essence, the sentence reads as: |
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"... for the education of others in, and the advancement and promotion of, |
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developing software in an FOSS environment." |
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