8 Apr 2008 01:05
Re: Wikipedia to merge Free Software and Open Source
Ciaran O'Riordan <ciaran <at> fsfe.org>
2008-04-07 23:05:34 GMT
2008-04-07 23:05:34 GMT
"Philip Hunt" <cabalamat <at> googlemail.com> writes: > I write software and license it under the GPL. Is this "Open Source" > or "Free Software"? The answer, of course, is that it is both. They're practically the same thing alright, and there are ten or so other terms too, but in a historical sense I'd say "free software" is a concept and "open-source software" is just a name (or, at most, it's a marketing campaign). -- -- CiarĂ¡n O'Riordan (+32 477 36 44 19) \ Support Free Software and GNU/Linux http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ _________ \ Join FSFE's Fellowship: http://fsfe.org/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ http://www.fsfe.org
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