:ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Open Isn't Free
ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Open Isn't Free Mar 13, 2004, 01 :00 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (7174 reads) (Other stories by Michael Hall)
"Long-time 'roundup readers may have noticed an occasional variation when we talk about free and open source software. Sometimes we use a slash (free/open source software); sometimes we just say 'open source;' and other times we just say 'stuff like Linux and Apache.'
"Several days ago we received an interesting e-mail from none other than the Free Software Foundation's Richard Stallman calling us on our use of the term 'open source' when referring to the GNU Public License:
"'[...] we do not think of the GNU GPL as an 'open source' license,' he wrote. ''Open source' is the slogan of a movement that was founded expressly to reject our values and ideals...'"
