Free vs. Open (feat. Hadoop)
►http://bre.klaki.net/blog/2012/02/20
distinction pas stupide :
– The Free Software Community writes and shares software with an explicit intent to safeguard the rights and freedoms of its users by eliminating antifeatures and natural monopolies.
– The Open Source Community writes and shares software with an explicit intent to advance the state of the art of computing through open collaboration and publication.
Most of the time they are allies - but not always.
I feel the definitions above shed light on why:
– Free Software proponents often prefer licenses which restrict the freedom of the developer, in order to protect the end users from antifeatures and natural monopolies.
– Open Source folks are focused on technical excellence and getting a job done. Talking about ideals and rights becomes a distraction at best.
– Depending on the field, “advancing the state of the art” and “protecting users rights” may be fundamentally incompatible.
– Free Software folks benefit greatly from Open Source, but their ideals and restrictive licenses make them ill equipped to reciprocate.
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