Hi On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Vijay <[email protected]> wrote: > most get confused with freeware and free software. > > Freeware- Software's which are free of cost, it might be proprietary [ > eg:Adobe Reader, Flash Player etc ], source code will not be available. > > Free software - Free means freedom to learn, modify,redistribute - which > means all free software comes with the source code. when you modify a free > software and distribute, it should also be free. > > Open source - These software need not be free of cost but it comes with the > source code. > > > Hope you are clear.....
One small correction when you modify a free software and redistribute a free software , it need not be free. Thanks baskar _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
