[dundee] OLPC Videos...niiiiiiiiiice!

[Andrew Clayton]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:08:55 +0000 (GMT), Lee Hughes wrote:


> Beware of open source, open source is not free software, open source
> means you can see the source code, but you can't modify that source
> code, and distribute copies of it, bit it's certainly a step in the
> right direction. Major players could open source their products
> tomorrow, it still won't be free software.
> 

Wow! Where did you get that definition from?. 

It's the licence which determines what you can do with the software.

"Open Source" was basically coined as a more business freindly term
than "Free Software". RMS may say differently, but the terms are
generally interchangeable.


Andrew