Re: Wikipedia to merge Free Software and Open Source
Ciaran O'Riordan <[email protected]>
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"Philip Hunt" <[email protected]> writes: > I write software and license it under the GPL. Is this "Open Source" > or "Free Software"? The answer, of course, is that it is both. They're practically the same thing alright, and there are ten or so other terms too, but in a historical sense I'd say "free software" is a concept and "open-source software" is just a name (or, at most, it's a marketing campaign). -- Ciarán O'Riordan (+32 477 36 44 19) \ Support Free Software and GNU/Linux http://ciaran.compsoc.com/ _________ \ Join FSFE's Fellowship: http://fsfe.org/fellows/ciaran/weblog \ http://www.fsfe.org