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What is the distinction?
by jackcodes 7y ago
What is the distinction?
- detaro 7y agoOpen Source fullfills the open source definition: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated. Source available is software where you can look at the source, but do not have the rights you have with Open Source.
- IggleSniggle 7y agoFree software follows a philosophy of “all people have a right to use computing knowledge” which has a very similar set of license scenarios but a different underlying driving culture: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html The “stricter requirements” piece is that the freedom bent sometimes leads towards more restrictive licenses (like GPL)