[Linux-aus] Who defines Open Source?

Senectus . senectus at gmail.com
Wed Feb 8 08:43:01 UTC 2006


On 2/8/06, Leon Brooks <leon-linuxaus at cyberknights.com.au> wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 February 2006 07:53, Paul Shirren wrote:
> > while Free Software qualifies as Open Source, Open Source is
>
> [not]
>
> > necessarily Free Software.
>
> Cheers; Leon

How is that possible?
If the source is open then the software _must_ also be free, of course
people _can_ pay for it if they want it compiled or package or
supported (even if they just feel like paying for it to be nice).


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