> I agree mostly, but I'm going to nitpick: not all open source software is "free" in either sense of the term.
To a first approximation, it is. The opensource definition [0] and the free software one [1] are basically equivalent in outcome, just not in the philosophy behind them.
The license lists are also basically identical, except for the Open Watcom license, where, tbh, someone at the OSI smoked the wrong thing. It's also essentially unused.
To a first approximation, it is. The opensource definition [0] and the free software one [1] are basically equivalent in outcome, just not in the philosophy behind them.
The license lists are also basically identical, except for the Open Watcom license, where, tbh, someone at the OSI smoked the wrong thing. It's also essentially unused.
[0]: https://opensource.org/osd [1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html