On Sun, 2004-04-11 at 15:58, Saurabh Data wrote:
> Dear Users
>
> Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between "open source"
> and "free software".
Go see the GNU.org site.
http://www.gnu.org/home.html
and also check this out
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
(If you d
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Saurabh Data wrote:
> Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between "open source"
> and "free software".
Don't take our words for it, get it from the Gnu's mouth:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
-sam
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Dear Peter
As you said that access to the source code for a free software may or may
not be give.
Looking at the FSF website and definition of free software, freedom 1 states
that access to the source code is given to study how the program works
So there is a small contradiction here . Please c
> Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between "open source"
> and "free software".
Interesting question, though you missed one other label 'public domain'.
These are all interesting elements of who controls the source and to what
extent.
MySQL as I understand it, allows
> Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between "open source"
> and "free software".
Free Software:
You can make changes in the sourcecode for your own and you can redistribute
it again.
Open Source:
The sourcecode is "only" open...
Cheers
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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
