On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:30 PM, K.P. Senthil Kumar <sekumar...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > > > Anyhow i asked what's the difference between opensource and free software > > if free software means "freedom to use,modify,redistribute" then what > > opensource refers? > > > > > Free Software means not necessarily to be an open source product. For > example Adobe Reader is a free software (Proprietary to Adobe). When the > same Adobe Reader source code is available to us for use, modify and re > distribute then it is open source. > > OMG ----- you are perfectly wrong. Who told to spread this wrong thing to you........ Free Software means a software which is release under a license which fulfill 4 freedom for software users and GPL license is one such example. Free means Freedom.. and not free of cost... _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
