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Re: Maybe OT but of interest to some
de Al Klein 05/28/2006 02:47
On Sat, 27 May 2006 00:53:07 -0500, »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
>The terms "open source software" and "free software" refer to
>more-or-less the same thing.
As far as price.
Free software gives you a package to install and run. Open source
gives you the source code as well Or sometimes JUST the source code -
you compile it yourself. If you can't, that's too bad. (Usually only
with *nix software.)