IMO both of these ended up being poor names.
“Open source” can be co-opted to mean any project with public source code even if it’s not open contribution (think SQLite, and many of the projects effectively run by major tech corporations).
“Free software” falls victim to the eternal mixup with freeware, requiring the endless repetition of the “beer vs. speech” analogy.
I personally think “Libre software” is the term that best encapsulates the intended meaning while being unambiguous and not vulnerable to misinterpretation.
It’s FOSS not clear enough?
FLOSS
More people need to hear that either way
“Freedom-respecting software” is another less ambiguous term.
That would be a better description indeed.
English language…
Many other languages have different words for each type of free
It’s called LIBRE software.
Because its not free as in free beer.
It works better in other languages.
e.g. Es ist frei, nicht kostenlos.
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Excusé moi, je ne parle pas impérialisme???
See how that sounds?
Sorry I don’t speak frog, can you repeat in English???
Non parlo genocidio degli indiani, puoi ripetere in italiano?
Mega basato
Io uso arco comunque
(scherzo uso Linuxio menta, funziona ebbasta)
Every time I see this phrase it makes me wonder, if the libre software grants the user a right to redistribute itself wouldn’t that imply that it is both free as in speech and as in beer?
I mean, it may be sold, sure, but it would work more like donation, since you also can get a copy from another user instead.
I don’t often hear it called libre software, but I like it. Better than open source or free software. I’m glad this kind of discussion is back again. It’s more important than ever with the increasingly clear unfolding corporate takeover of the Internet.
I am more of a Libre type of guy
Bruce Perens who defined Open Source regrets the outcome.
Don’t have time to watch a full hour video? The definition of his new Coherent Open Source is at https://licenseuse.org. It’s only three licenses: Apache 2.0, LGPL 3 and Affero GPL 3.
NGL, the text order is backwards and it’s kinda bothering me.
Open Source: The source is available to inspect for security issues and can be improved upon by anybody who wants to participate. Most of the times the software development is financed by donations in cash from users or in time from developers.
Free software: Software you get for free, usually paid for by siphoning off data, running ads (which include trackers), … sometimes open source, most of the times closed source.
What you are saying is ‘Freemium’ software. Free software in our sense is free to do whatever we want, following its license, ‘Free as in Freedom.’
Free software: Software you get for free
Not in this sense. This kind of confusion is why we end up with awkward terms like “Free/Libre Open Source Software”.
