Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> ;;; codesearch.el --- allowing users to search for open-source code on
>
> Would you please call it "free software code"?
> Using the term "open source" downplays the ethical issues
> which are the most important issues.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org
From what I've read I'd expect
that free software is a subset of open source software (i.e. not all open
source software is free in the sense that it protects our freedoms).
That looks like a common misunderstanding, based on confusing "free"
with "copyleft". A license is a free softw
Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From what I've read I'd expect
> that free software is a subset of open source software (i.e. not all open
> source software is free in the sense that it protects our freedoms).
>
> That looks like a common misunderstanding, based on confu
thanks for the clarification. Essentially, I agree. My only concern is that
old
problem of the understanding of 'free'. The vast majority of people I hear
using the term 'free software' are almost always talking about free of cost
rather than free as in freedom.
Both terms are co
