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Open source is NOT free software. You are not free because you are using Chromium instead of Chrome. Free software is a philosophy, Open source just mean every

• icebraining 8y ago
  Chromium is free software, just like the vast majority of open source. The philosophies are certainly different, but the code produced by one generally fits the other definition as well. MIT, BSD, Apache, WTFPL, etc - all of these licenses fit both the open source and free software definitions.
• majewsky 8y ago
  Well technically, when you can just read the source, it's not called "Open Source", but rather "Shared Source".
  • tasn 8y ago
    I think the term source-available is more commonly used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software