On 2/25/2012 10:41 AM, Left Right wrote:
Just because I'm being a prick, OSS != free. More yet, OSS does not imply
free and free does not imply OSS.
Technically you're right. In the real world, most people--even
programmers equate Open Source with "Free and I can do whatever I want
with it."
Technically you could say Flextras components are open source software
since the source is available. But, people would complain when they
found out it wasn't free. I think I was in the business for about 1
hour before I started using the phrasing "the source is available [for
purchase]" in response to the question "Is it open source?"
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