[ Thanks to Michael
J. for this link. ]
“Have you ever used the term open source and free software
interchangeably? If yes, you are making a mistake. I find this
quite annoying when people who call themselves GNU/Linux gurus
doesn’t even know the differences between the two. Most of them
consider them the same. Actually, Eric S. Raymond did an online
survey with the two titles and found the following:
- “Among software developers and technology trade press
reporters, use of the term ‘open source’ dominates ‘free software’
by 95 percent or more (95:5 ratio).- “On the general web, the use is split in 80:20 ratio…”