Re:FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make ...
by JohnFen on Friday February 10, 2023 @02:28PM
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Well, there is a difference. Open source software includes certain things that may not be included in libre software, such as access to source code, customer participation in development, etc.
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Re:FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make ...
by ghaff on Friday February 10, 2023 @04:56PM
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Open source can be different from "free as in beer" but certainly not different other than as a philosophical/marketing thing from "free as in freedom" as the FSF uses the libre term.
I may generally prefer permissive licenses but I certainly don't see how the GPL, for example, doesn't enable access to source code--though it may sometimes discourage participation in development.
Re:FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make ...
by JohnFen on Friday February 10, 2023 @10:25PM
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I think "libre" means something different to me. All OSS is libre, but not all libre software is open source. For instance, freeware distributed solely in binary form is libre.
But nobody taught me this definition. Not sure where I got it. So I could very well be wrong.
Re:FOSS could be an unintended victim of EU crusade to make ...
by jraph on Saturday February 11, 2023 @02:40AM
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> For instance, freeware distributed solely in binary form is libre.
Nope. That's free as in free beer.
free/libre software / open source software is free as in free speech (and often as in free beer but not always)
some people use the French/Spanish word libre in English to avoid this exact confusion caused by the world free having both meanings.
free software and open source software are defined by the FSF and the OSI, respectively, but the definition are equivalent and designate the same set of software, essentially.