Re: Open source - Free software


Chris wrote:
David Kastrup wrote:

"Why Tea" <ytlim1@xxxxxxxxx> writes:


How about this: Free software is a subset of open source software,
so all free software is open source.

This doesn't sound right. I don't think neither one is the subset of
the other.

If freeware is a subset of Open Source, then all freeware is Open
Source. That's clearly NOT the case, is it?

Free software is a fixed term defined by the user's freedoms, not by
price. You must not confuse it with what you call "freeware".


I think the OP needs to clarify what /he/ meant by free software as we
seem to be reading his intentions differently.

To the OP when you say 'free software' to you mean free as in freedom or
free as in no cost?

Sorry, I never thought that there is more than one meaning for "open"
and "free". I meant "not open" by "free", because this is my problem
area. Proprietary software is also not open but they are not "free". By
"open", I meant software that we have access to its source code. Still,
I think "open" and "free" mean the same way in "Open Software
Foundation" and "Free Software Foundation". If this is wrong, then,
could you please let me know the right questions to ask myself?

.

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