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| From: | Matthew Flaschen |
| Subject: | Re: [gNewSense-users] Email address for Linus Torvalds? |
| Date: | Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:14:24 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) |
CK Raju, Thrissur wrote: > Free Software ensures openness as well as freedom, whereas Open Source > Software guarantees openness and leaves it to us to check whether the > software extends freedom. I think this summarises a debate. True open source software (http://opensource.org/docs/definition.php) almost always extends freedom, but that's not the motivation of those involved in the Open Source movement. Matt Flaschen
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