As I understand it, the basic difference between Free Software and Open Source Software is that the former emphasizes the aspect of freedom while the latter emphasizes the open nature of the software and the quality that ensues from the development paradigm. This leads to differences in stance on various issues. For instance, on the issue of Tivo, FSF believes that the company is cheating the public when it says that the software used is GPLed because the software will not run if anyone modifies it, thus essentially making the licence meaningless. But the OSS camp believes that that is the freedom of the manufacturer. Our concern is the freedom of the users. (You can find plenty of material if you google for tivo, in case you don't know about the issue.)
Best -- V. Sasi Kumar http://swatantryam.blogspot.com -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
