Re:Linux kernel maintainer says no to AMDGPU patch
by wolfgke on Friday December 09, 2016 @07:12AM
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The difference between open source and free software is mostly in the political camp the word comes from. Read the OSI definition of open source if you don't believe:
> https://opensource.org/osd-annotated
The reasons why "free software" people don't like the word "open source" are indeed political:
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
For software for which the source code is available, but does not give the four freedoms:
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#content
it is common to use the word "shared source" (originally devised by Microsoft):
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_source