On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:12:36AM +0300, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=54369&adBanner=ItOpinions > The battle over widespread use of Free and Open Source Software has been
Could the problem be english? Some links that I am reading : http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html "``Free software'' is a matter of liberty, not price." So when I say 'Free', I mean 'the ability to copy, modify and redistribute the software' even if i did get it at a price, right? "Why ``Free Software'' is better than ``Open Source''" http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html The Open Source Movement takes makes this defination. http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html Maybe the difference is that with OSS,you have access to the source code while with FS, you dont necessarily need to see the source code.Could someone shed some light on this? -- Kabagambe Kenneth [Insanity is a very serious mind status] --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
