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Free software movement (view source)
Revision as of 06:30, December 4, 2014
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Examples of free software are the [[Linux]] operating system and the [[Apache (software)|Apache]] web server, which this very site runs on.
Examples of free software are the [[Linux]] operating system and the [[Apache (software)|Apache]] web server, which this very site runs on.
==Free software and Open Source software==
Stallman wrote:
* The two terms describe almost the same category of software, but they stand for views based on fundamentally different values. Open source is a [[development methodology]]; free software is a [[social movement]]. For the free software movement, free software is an [[ethical imperative]], because only free software respects the users' freedom. By contrast, the philosophy of open source considers issues in terms of how to make software “better”—in a practical sense only. [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html]
==Links==
==Links==
[[category:Software]]
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Internet]]
[[Category:Libertarianism]]
[[Category:Operating Systems]]
[[Category:Linux]]
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]
[[Category:Open Source]]