ServerWatch: Enterprise Unix Roundup: Open Isn't Free

"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...'"

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