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https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Linked to from here: https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software h
by adastra22 1y ago
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
Linked to from here:
https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software
Very explicit about open source being different from free software.
Also if what you say is true, there would be no reason for “open source” to exist. It was coined by Christine Peterson explicitly because the term free software conveyed a different ideal than the BSD/MIT license crowd was aiming for.
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- School-Cotton 1y ago> nearly all open source programs are in fact free. You are just wrong, and your first link proves it. The definitions are essentially identical. The philosophies behind them are different. It's like the "Gulf of America" vs. the "Gulf of Mexico". You are talking about the same territory in either case, just expressing a different viewpoint about it.