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I believe you're confusing Open Source with Free Software. Open Source literally means the source is openly accessible.
by jknightco 11y ago
I believe you're confusing Open Source with Free Software. Open Source literally means the source is openly accessible.
- hvis 11y agoNo, it doesn't. No matter what certain closed-source companies might want you to believe. There is a difference between Open Source and Free Software, but it's ideological, not technical (as pertaining to the rights granted to the users of the software).
- alexvoda 11y agoBoth of you are right and wrong at the same time. Fighting about this terminology is unproductive. See my comment above ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10848308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10848308 ).
- wolfgke 11y ago> I believe you're confusing Open Source with Free Software. Open Source literally means the source is openly accessible. This is what shared source is about. Open source is nearly always used as defined by the OSI: > https://opensource.org/osd https://opensource.org/osd