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"free" != open open != "free"

• palata 2y ago
  Are you trying to imply that GPL is not open source?
  • jitl 2y ago
    one is software anarchism, the other is software communism
    • palata 2y ago
      Can you give me one open-source license that is not "free software"?
      • kube-system 2y ago
        According to .... the FSF? They disapprove of a lot of licenses that meet OSI's definition of open source. There's quite a number in this list that meet OSI's definition (or are even explicitly approved by OSI), but are explicitly labelled non-free by FSF: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwareLicenses https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NonFreeSoftwa... Two clear examples are: Apple Public Source License 1.x NASA Open Source Agreement
• thayne 2y ago
  The venn diagram of licenses that are "free software" and "open source software" is practically a circle. Both rsync and openrsync are both free software and open source software.