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On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 06:55:39PM +0000, Julian Hall wrote:
> http://software.silicon.com/applications/0,39024653,39164185,00.htm
This is a fairly poor article, in that it continues to put across the
myth that free software means 'free of charge' software.
For example:-
Still... I'll know it's open source because it's free, right?
Not so fast - open source is not the same as free! The Free Software
Foundation (FSF), for instance, has its own criteria for what should
be considered 'free software' - and it's not necessarily the same as
open source. You can read more about the FSF view here.
That said, you should realise that you may well end up paying for open
source software - if not through licence fees then through service and
support fees, for instance.
It's like they kind of get it, but choose not to.
matt
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Free Software Foundation - Free Software, Free Society - http://www.fsf.org/
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