Free Software or Open Source Software? Is There A Difference? DistroTube
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Date: 2022-03-30
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R.a.
I call FOSS -software liberalism. - Unchain yourself from the illusions of safety in a closed source environments such as Mac and Windows, use your imagination in to your hearts content in open source environments- and since I am also a political science junkie, I've been asked even by own associates from time to time if the movement is -communist- and of course philosophically it's not. FOSS is largely voluntary and you can do with anything you please. There are no official standards. It's quite the opposite in nature. But people sometimes see the word -free- and really take it the wrong way. I know it might seem like a bit much, but how else could I springboard off Derricks topic here without?
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I call FOSS -software liberalism. - Unchain yourself from the illusions of safety in a closed source environments such as Mac and Windows, use your imagination in to your hearts content in open source environments- and since I am also a political science junkie, I've been asked even by own associates from time to time if the movement is -communist- and of course philosophically it's not. FOSS is largely voluntary and you can do with anything you please. There are no official standards. It's quite the opposite in nature. But people sometimes see the word -free- and really take it the wrong way. I know it might seem like a bit much, but how else could I springboard off Derricks topic here without?
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Nev
It would be useful to talk about permissive vs copyleft licenses a little. That is the key difference in this world. If Linux had been released under a permissive license our world would be a very different place. As nutty and extreme as RMS can be we owe him huge debt of gratitude for coming up with the GPL and the movement. The different licenses have their different uses depending on how the copyright holder wants their software to be used, and the details of the differences are the important thing. Mostly out of scope for a 12 minute video, yes, but worth mentioning because free and open source are not as 'the same' as the video makes them seem. Still, love your work! Cheers.
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It would be useful to talk about permissive vs copyleft licenses a little. That is the key difference in this world. If Linux had been released under a permissive license our world would be a very different place. As nutty and extreme as RMS can be we owe him huge debt of gratitude for coming up with the GPL and the movement. The different licenses have their different uses depending on how the copyright holder wants their software to be used, and the details of the differences are the important thing. Mostly out of scope for a 12 minute video, yes, but worth mentioning because free and open source are not as 'the same' as the video makes them seem. Still, love your work! Cheers.
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Chulito
Hey distrolovers,
I have been on a hiatus, but for the past 2 months, I have been using Fedora 29 Gnome as my only operating system on an old Intel i-3470 to run my hobby-business. The updates are sort of boring, by my distrohopping standands. I seldom even watch them anymore. I have several SSDs with a bunch of other distros that I have not updated in two months - one of which is Fedora 30. The realities of life take up all my time and more and I have not time to dilly-dally around with my computer. I will likely switch to Fedora 30 once I get some free time, only to put Fedora 29 behind me. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with Plasma is still my favorite distro combination.
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Hey distrolovers,
I have been on a hiatus, but for the past 2 months, I have been using Fedora 29 Gnome as my only operating system on an old Intel i-3470 to run my hobby-business. The updates are sort of boring, by my distrohopping standands. I seldom even watch them anymore. I have several SSDs with a bunch of other distros that I have not updated in two months - one of which is Fedora 30. The realities of life take up all my time and more and I have not time to dilly-dally around with my computer. I will likely switch to Fedora 30 once I get some free time, only to put Fedora 29 behind me. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with Plasma is still my favorite distro combination.
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pcfreak1992
I see what you mean but it's not really the same thing. Free software (in the FSF sense) means you can see the code, change it and share it. Open source simply means the code is open to anyone's eyes and anyone can reproduce it. You can of course change it and run your own changed copy, but just because it was open source, it doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute it. That, for me, is the core difference. And I think it makes sense for a company to open source software but not make it free as well, as they might want to share sensitive algorithms but not have some random people earn on their work or even ruin an image.
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I see what you mean but it's not really the same thing. Free software (in the FSF sense) means you can see the code, change it and share it. Open source simply means the code is open to anyone's eyes and anyone can reproduce it. You can of course change it and run your own changed copy, but just because it was open source, it doesn't mean that you are allowed to distribute it. That, for me, is the core difference. And I think it makes sense for a company to open source software but not make it free as well, as they might want to share sensitive algorithms but not have some random people earn on their work or even ruin an image.
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Spam
Free software vs Open Software is not really an attribute or quality given to a piece particular software but more of the -Why- or philosophical perspective behind the developer and/or user. Free software peoples care about the particular freedoms and principles on top of pragmatism of open source development model. Where strictly open source people may not care about software freedom, but only the pragmatism of open source development model. Hence the various Open Source Licenses and possibly why the Linux Kernal is still GPL 2 and not GPL 3.
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Free software vs Open Software is not really an attribute or quality given to a piece particular software but more of the -Why- or philosophical perspective behind the developer and/or user. Free software peoples care about the particular freedoms and principles on top of pragmatism of open source development model. Where strictly open source people may not care about software freedom, but only the pragmatism of open source development model. Hence the various Open Source Licenses and possibly why the Linux Kernal is still GPL 2 and not GPL 3.
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Oli
To the end user the terms might feel more or less interchangable.
To developers and more hard core users - there are significant differences. 'open source' (with lowercase O and S like in your description) means the source code is available to read. It might hint at other things but does not confirm them.
'Free software' means both 'open source' and certain rights that must be given for the software to the classed as 'free software' by the FSF.
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To the end user the terms might feel more or less interchangable.
To developers and more hard core users - there are significant differences. 'open source' (with lowercase O and S like in your description) means the source code is available to read. It might hint at other things but does not confirm them.
'Free software' means both 'open source' and certain rights that must be given for the software to the classed as 'free software' by the FSF.
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barkingbandicoot
On Libre:
It means free, but is related to words such as -liberate- and -liberty,- -usually refering to being free in the sense of being free of restraints.
We should call it Liberty software - it is a better English definition - free from the restraints of intellectual property restrictions, free from the artificial limiting of a non-scarce product - ideas.
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On Libre:
It means free, but is related to words such as -liberate- and -liberty,- -usually refering to being free in the sense of being free of restraints.
We should call it Liberty software - it is a better English definition - free from the restraints of intellectual property restrictions, free from the artificial limiting of a non-scarce product - ideas.
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Antonio
FreeBSD is not necessarily free software but its open source, in some instances. So they re not the same. FreeBSD is opensource but the developer can restrict your freedom wiht the FreeBSD. He can grab a portion of code, modify and distribute or sale without sharing the code this is not free software, it does not uphold the values of freedom.
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FreeBSD is not necessarily free software but its open source, in some instances. So they re not the same. FreeBSD is opensource but the developer can restrict your freedom wiht the FreeBSD. He can grab a portion of code, modify and distribute or sale without sharing the code this is not free software, it does not uphold the values of freedom.
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Dopple
I'd like to interject for a moment.
Because i humbly disagree with you sir. Free Software is always Open source, but Open source isn't always free.
Open Source doesn't always respect the 4 freedom you defined in your introduction. It only has to respect the - i'm able to study the source code freedom-
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I'd like to interject for a moment.
Because i humbly disagree with you sir. Free Software is always Open source, but Open source isn't always free.
Open Source doesn't always respect the 4 freedom you defined in your introduction. It only has to respect the - i'm able to study the source code freedom-
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it_industry
free software is exactly how it sounds, there is no money exchanged for the software, free software can have closed source code and still be free software, open source software is free software due to it being open source. free software started before linux in the commodore and amiga era.
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free software is exactly how it sounds, there is no money exchanged for the software, free software can have closed source code and still be free software, open source software is free software due to it being open source. free software started before linux in the commodore and amiga era.
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