On Sunday 11 April 2004 10:58 am, Saurabh Data wrote: > Dear Users > > Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between "open source" > and "free software". > > Many Thanks > > Saurabh Data
This is off topic for this list, but I'll provide a quick answer. Free software is software that's free to use however you like (its only restriction is that it remain free to all... no one may take it and make changes to it and hide those changes). It's free to share and free to modify. In fact, this is encouraged. The phrase was first used by Richard Stallman. Read the book "Free as in Freedom" to better understand why he feels that software should be free. You can find it online... it too is free. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
