Post B2fV7g81VDliPZXHsW by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
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 (DIR) Post #B2aKRAKVeSLayi7Wb2 by praveen@social.masto.host
       2026-01-23T18:28:46Z
       
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       I usually use this story of blind men describing an elephant to explain difference between #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephantA very widespread understanding equates #copyleft with #FreeSoftware and permissive licenses with #OpenSource.In almost all practical cases you are referring to the same software.The difference is what you focus on and this focus difference gives you different conclusions. So I focus on 4 freedoms for every user ie, copyleft Free Software.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2bu6s29kzrZwz7M4O by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2026-01-24T12:50:16.328881Z
       
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       @praveen Either is both completely different unless you in fact mean free software and in that case, just call it free software or libre software or whatever else means free (open does not mean free).Free software is feeling a GNU."open source" is feeling your corporate masters, in the hope that one of them will hire you if you do some gratis work (they won't).
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fV7ekwbXiI9hjLGa by praveen@social.masto.host
       2026-01-25T09:10:05Z
       
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       @Suiseiseki 你好 I completely agree with you about the feeling, I like to call it Free Software too.My point is, the software remains the same whether you call it #FreeSoftware or #OpenSource. Many people think they can say a software is Free Software or Open Source looking at license.The choice of words determines what is more important to you or what is more comfortable for you. Not everyone is comfortable talking about ethics, so Open Source is more comfortable to many people.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2fV7g81VDliPZXHsW by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
       2026-01-26T06:19:47Z
       
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       it remains the same up to a point.  since they have different goals, the framing ends up influencing the sort of contributors and contributions that it attracts, and that tends to reinforce the differences in goals.that said, you're absolutely correct that licensing terms aren't determinant in their orientation between these two possibilities.  but there's a remarkable correlation: those who aim for freedoms for users tend to favor strong copyleft, while those who aim for being welcoming to business exploitation tend to adopt pushover licenses.CC: @Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com