[Bug 500940] Re: It's "open-source software", not "Open Source software"

[Michael Vogt]

Thanks! I merged this, the term is now "free and open-source software"
to avoid any ambiguity.

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Title:
  It's "open-source software", not "Open Source software"

Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  The descriptions for main and universe are respectively "Canonical-
  supported Open Source software" and "Community-maintained Open Source
  software".

  From http://catb.org/~esr/open-source.html (I think it's authoritative
  document on this):

  "(A note about usage. In accordance with normal English practice, the
  term is "open source" standing alone, but "open-source" used as an
  adjective or in compounds; thus, "open-source software".)"

  
  By the way, the term "free software" seems to be much better aligned with Ubuntu Philosophy anyway: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/ubuntustory/philosophy

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Dec 28 05:34:33 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Package: software-properties-gtk 0.75.4
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic-pae
  SourcePackage: software-properties
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic-pae i686

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