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Open source (as in BSD, MIT, WTFPL) are more liberating than "Free Software" (GPL). They greatly enlarge your opportunities in how you use the software.
by billswift 16y ago
Open source (as in BSD, MIT, WTFPL) are more liberating than "Free Software" (GPL). They greatly enlarge your opportunities in how you use the software.
- mvalle 16y agoFree Software is defined as software released under a license that follows the definition of Free Software ( http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html ). BSD, MIT and WTFPL are all on the list of officially verified Free Software licenses: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html and are thus "Free Software". Open Source, similarly, is defined as software released under a license that follows the definition of Open Source Software ( http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd ). The OSI also has a list of approved licenses: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical