Free software during wartime

Posted Mar 24, 2023 11:51 UTC (Fri) by gray_-_wolf (subscriber, #131074)
In reply to: Free software during wartime by post-factum
Parent article: Free software during wartime

Is that actually necessary? I would assume everyone these days would know what "war in Ukraine" refers to (regardless of what your opinion on the war itself is). There is enough media coverage.

Also, technically speaking, "war in Ukraine" is very descriptive, since you know, there is a war and it is happening in Ukraine.

But I'm not a native speaker, so I might be missing some nuance here?

Free software during wartime

Posted Mar 24, 2023 13:24 UTC (Fri) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link]

I've never once heard the war in Afghanistan be called the USA-Afghanistan war to be honest.

So I don't think it's a language issue at play here.

But I'm also not a native speaker. Perhaps it only applies sometimes.