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Re: Maybe OT but of interest to some
de »Q« 05/27/2006 07:53
"Jeff Needle" <jeff.needle@cwnet.com> wrote in
<news:127fm8tq3ak1v3a@corp.supernews.com>:
> "Al Klein" <rukbat@pern.invalid> wrote in message
> news:sive725jsninqpm7s11to92beoqnrp4n53@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:57:35 -0700, "Jeff Needle"
>> <jeff.needle@cwnet.com> wrote:
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>>> Hmmm...Open Office is one of the CD's. Sword Bible Software is
>>> another. Both are open source. I wonder if I should alert them.
>>
>> I believe that OO is GPL. <gotcha!>
>>
>> Yes, by all means - notify the owners.
>
> Gosh, I guess I don't know the difference. How is GPL different
> from Open Source?
The GPL is one of many open source licenses.
The terms "open source software" and "free software" refer to
more-or-less the same thing. People use one term or the other
depending on what concepts they want to emphasize.
<http://www.opensource.org/docs/history.php>
<http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-software-for-freedom.html>
Under the Free Software Foundation's definition of "free software",
selling it must be allowed. Also, under the Open Source
Initiative's definition of "open-source software", selling it must
be allowed.
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