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Stallman wrote:

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]

* 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]

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