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 don't
Dear Users
Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between open source
and free software.
Many Thanks
Saurabh Data
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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's free
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...
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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
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Dear Users
Can anyone in your own words clarify the difference between open source
and free software.
Many Thanks
Saurabh Data
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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