I'm glad you are trying to understand how OSS differs from FS. It's not an easy thing to understand - I get chewed on by RMS each time I try. English is part of the problem. Free has multiple meanings. But there is no word for free that means freedom (as opposed to cost) like in French, where they have libre. It appears that to get all dimensions of the argument right, Spanish may be the best language.
All this is made even more confusing by OSS. OSS focuses on the software source code availability, whereas FS focuses on the freedom of the user and arrives at source code availability as a necessary side effect gained by giving a user freedom. The article below discusses some of the more interesting differences between FS and OSS http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/14499 Hope this helps. -- G. --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
