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Free Software and Open Source are essentially the same thing, just looked at from different angles. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point

Free Software and Open Source are essentially the same thing, just looked at from different angles. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.... “In practice, open source stands for criteria a little looser than those of free software. As far as we know, all existing released free software source code would qualify as open source. Nearly all open source software is free software, but there are exceptions.”

benatkin 3y ago
Not to me it doesn't. When the thing is a movement in the software community, the perspective changes the essence of the thing.
- ralmidani 3y ago
  You’re free to adopt whichever perspective you prefer. But Free Software is always Open Source. That’s an objective fact.
  - tcfhgj 3y ago
    The way around isn't true though, which you claimed when you wrote is essentially the same
fsflover 3y ago
The difference is that open-source forces you to think about code, whereas free software about your freedom.