On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:30 PM, K.P. Senthil Kumar <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > Anyhow i asked what's the difference between opensource and free software > > if free software means "freedom to use,modify,redistribute" then what > > opensource refers? > > > > > Free Software means not necessarily to be an open source product. For > example Adobe Reader is a free software (Proprietary to Adobe). When the > same Adobe Reader source code is available to us for use, modify and re > distribute then it is open source. > > Hope this clarify your doubt. > Hi, you have understood the term 'free software' in a totally wrong sense. “Free software” is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of “free” as in “free speech,” not as in “free beer.” I hope the following link will help you get a clear idea. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html @OP: 'Free software' is a term which emphasizes freedom, rather than just revealing the source code. Free Software ensures that a software created by using another free software should be released as free software. In other words, if you modify a free software you cannot release the modified version as proprietary software. On the other hand, Open Source doesn't ensure this. -- நன்றிகளுடன், விக்னேஷ். _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
