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Subject: Re: Gnat Pro and the GPL
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Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 20:25:57 GMT
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Hyman Rosen wrote:

> Free software implies a certain set of restrictions upon the licensees =
if
> they choose to redistribute. Open source implies a wider and more varia=
ble
> set.

The way the FSF defines free software and the way the OSI defines open=20
source, they are identical. Maybe you're thinking of the difference=20
between free software and what the FSF calls copyleft? As an example,=20
the BSD license with the advertising clause removed qualifies as free=20
software, but not as copyleft.

The philosophical difference between the FSF and the OSI is about=20
advertising, not licensing. The FSF talks a lot about freedom. The OSI=20
has chosen not to talk about freedom.

Other than that, I second your answer to Marius.

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