The Semantics of Free Software vs. Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday December 28, 2004 @09:35AM from the a-gnu-by-any-other-name-would-smell-as-sweet dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As the end-of-year technology round-ups begin, LinuxWorld's Kevin Bedell notes that in his opinion no useful distinction is served any longer by preserving the two separate terms 'open source software' and 'free software'. One interesting sidelight: Bedell says that 'one of the leaders of the open source movement' wrote to him in an exchange they had on this topic: 'The distinction between 'open source' and 'free software' is not technical; it's the same code and licenses. Nor is it social; it's the same developers. It's strictly one of attitude - are we focused on moralism and changing peoples' thoughts (free software) or on results and changing peoples' behavior (open source)?'"

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Re:BSD vs. GNU again by stephentyrone · 2004-12-28 10:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic

too bad the niners are a joke these days. this week's game is gonna be hilarious. on the other hand, MIT is probably the only school that Stanford *can* beat at football these days...