[Freegis-list] Difference Free Open

[david gil]

Hi Jan,

I have a little question please, I wonder if you can explain me the difference beetween the Term "Open" and "Free", I think the difference is only legal, could you answer me?

Sincerely
David Gil (PT)

>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:34:47AM +0000, Ian Turton wrote:
> > I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for but have a look at 
> > http://www.ccg.leeds.ac.uk/democracy/ to see if it's the right sort of 
> > thing. We have an MCE based system and a public planning system.
> 
> on these pages proprietary is described with the term 'commercial'.
> 
> I am taking this occasion to again encourage all developers
> and users of Free Software to not
> use the term 'commercial' as the opposite of Free Software.
> 
> The opposite of Free Software is proprietary software.
> Both can either be commercial or not.
> 
> Being precise with this will make clear that companies do
> a professional job when offering services based on Free Software
> and they deserve full payment.
> Successful companies that issue Free Software (preferable Free
> Software exclusively) will massively support Free Software to cope
> with the strong lobbying of the proprietary monopolists.
> Once the chances are equal with a fair market for both,
> Free Software and proprietary software, the best may win.
> 
> 	Jan
> 
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David Gil (Aerospace Eng. Student, Low-Power Programming Researcher)
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