16 Aug
2006
16 Aug
'06
10:55 a.m.
On Wednesday 16 August 2006 03:40, Rishi wrote:
It was only that day, I realized
- Free and Open Source software were quite different
- The word 'free' in Free software was about freedom and not price
So in my case the ideology happened after 5 years of using the software. :-)
In essence, Free software and Open Source software mean the same thing. "Open source" is just used to market "Free software". How you misunderstood "Free" Software to be free in cost terms, many would misunderstand. Hence the term Open source was coined.
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Dinesh A. Joshi