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Re:Don’t sign a CLA by mjg59 on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:08PM (#18149808)
> Software may be free but not open-source, and it may be open-source but not free.

Other than version 1 of the Apple Public Source license, which is considered open source but not free (and also now entirely unused), what cases are you thinking of?

Re:Don’t sign a CLA by nulbyte on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:51PM (#18151162)
There are specific controversies; take GNU vs OSI. GNU elaborates the differences on their site: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.en..... I couldn't find OSI's take on their website, other than a general lack of reference to GNU/FSF's idea of Free Software.

Then there are disagreements on specific licenses. OSI approves licenses GNU does not classify as Free, and GNU classifies licenses as Free that OSI does not approve.

Then there's GitHub, which publishes a site to help you "choose an open source license," which includes a license not approved by OSI (the Unlicense), and only makes a reference to OSI as an "additional resource". Likewise, GitHub lists FSF as an "additional resource," while consistently using the term open source, not free, and not free and open.

Digital Ocean explains the difference between free and open-source software: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/Free-vs-Ope....

Eliah Kagan answers the question on AskUbuntu with some explanation of the history and plenty of links: https://askubuntu.com/questions/78958/is-there-a-difference-....

Re:Don’t sign a CLA by MayorMonty on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:47PM (#18150137)
In the past I've run into projects where the source was on GitHub where you could compile yourself, but binaries needed to be purchased. Lemme see if I can find it
Re:Don’t sign a CLA by mjg59 on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:22PM (#18150448)
There's plenty of non-free code on github, but it's still not open source and nobody seriously refers to it as such.
Re:Don’t sign a CLA by andrewshadura on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:04PM (#18150289)
That is still free software and open source.
Re:Don’t sign a CLA by carlosdp on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:16PM (#18149882)
Epic's Unreal Engine is another example
Re:Don’t sign a CLA by andrewshadura on Friday October 05, 2018 @02:04PM (#18150294)
Could you please elaborate?
Re:Don’t sign a CLA by SSLy on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:06PM (#18151758)
It's shared source, behind a register wall. You can clone the git tree and privately hack to your heart's content, but commercial usage and sharing of the source are under (fairly reasonable) particular rules.