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TFA refers heavily to 'free' as in the freedoms associated with this. You cite 'open source' as something that you admire. It's well known that 'free software
by Jedd 7y ago
TFA refers heavily to 'free' as in the freedoms associated with this.
You cite 'open source' as something that you admire.
It's well known that 'free software' describes an attitude that the 'open source' crowd wasn't as keen to embrace, hence the subsequent linguistic wrangling.
- starbugs 7y agoThe article refers to a "free/open source business model". Even there the terms are used in a somewhat identical fashion. I really don't see how this kind of linguistic wrangling helps. Instead it kind of diverts from my initial point and drives the discussion into nitpicking.
- Jedd 7y ago> The article refers to a "free/open source business model". Even there the terms are used in a somewhat identical fashion. This is not true. The word 'free' is used six times in the first paragraph to emphasise the point being made, then they really spell it out for you : "This freedom is what makes the GNU GPL license so powerful and it is why it’s much more than 'open source'."