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> The formal name for open source is free/libre open source software > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software>. As such, > open source motivations have a strong moral component: I'm not sure what the background of the author is, but this ^ and the paragraphs that follow are not exactly true (regarding *open source*). Here are a couple of links that talk about the difference: - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.en.html - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html The two terms describe almost the same category of software, but they stand > for views based on fundamentally different values. Open source is a > development methodology; free software is a social movement. For the free > software movement, free software is an ethical imperative, essential > respect for the users' freedom. By contrast, the philosophy of open source > considers issues in terms of how to make software “better”—in a practical > sense only. It says that nonfree software is an inferior solution to the > practical problem at hand. Most discussion of “open source” pays no > attention to *right and wrong*, *only to popularity and success*; They are similar, but not the same. On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 6:36 PM, Grace Gellerman <ggeller...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > http://ben.balter.com/2015/11/23/why-open-source/ > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > teampractices@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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