From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, opensourcesurvey@cs.ua.edu
Subject: Re: Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source"
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:35:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1QWzcq-0003jy-Vw@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878vt4kpbn.fsf@kwarm.red-bean.com> (message from Karl Fogel on Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:42:20 -0700)
Your message is basically right, but one important point needs to be
corrected.
>Thank you for the comments. Our apologies for not clearly
>differentiating the two types of software. In analyzing the results
>and reporting the data, we will make sure to take this into
>account. For you information, we have sent the survey to other
>projects that would fall into the category of Free Software.
They are the same thing
As sets of software, free software and open source mostly overlap, but
they are not the same set.
Nearly all open source programs are free software, but exceptions
do exist, because some open source licenses do not qualify as free.
In addition, when an executable is locked down by hardware so that
users cannot install their own version, it is not free. Thus, the
executable of Linux in most Android phones is not free, even though
its source code is free. Open source does not concern itself with
this issue.
--
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
51 Franklin St
Boston MA 02110
USA
www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org
Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
Use free telephony http://directory.fsf.org/category/tel/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-15 23:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-13 17:04 Participation Requested: Survey about Open-Source Software Development Jeffrey Carver
2011-06-13 19:59 ` Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source" Richard Stallman
2011-06-14 3:24 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-14 16:00 ` opensourcesurvey
2011-06-14 22:42 ` Karl Fogel
2011-06-15 23:35 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2011-06-14 23:48 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-15 4:56 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-15 10:14 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-15 10:51 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-06-15 11:00 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-15 16:55 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-15 11:41 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-15 11:54 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-06-15 12:52 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-15 13:19 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-15 13:26 ` Juanma Barranquero
2011-06-15 14:06 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-06-15 15:23 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-06-15 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-15 19:28 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-15 23:35 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-16 4:22 ` Miles Bader
2011-06-16 5:10 ` Paul Eggert
2011-06-16 5:19 ` Miles Bader
2011-06-16 16:59 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-06-16 20:11 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-18 1:02 ` Miles Bader
2011-06-16 16:16 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-16 16:41 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-16 17:26 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-17 6:09 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-17 8:21 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-17 10:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-17 15:29 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-17 20:13 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-06-17 20:37 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-17 20:59 ` Glenn Morris
2011-06-19 14:33 ` Yet another generic "free" vs. "open source" thread Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-17 20:56 ` Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source" Jambunathan K
2011-06-17 21:27 ` Alan Mackenzie
2011-06-18 11:36 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-17 10:16 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-17 15:33 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-06-17 19:06 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-17 19:41 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-17 23:21 ` PJ Weisberg
2011-06-19 11:47 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-19 19:51 ` dired "dwim" mode seems to fail now Randal L. Schwartz
2011-06-19 23:58 ` whda
2011-06-20 1:19 ` Tim Cross
2011-06-21 15:49 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2011-06-20 9:00 ` martin rudalics
2011-06-20 23:37 ` whda
2011-06-17 12:06 ` Please don't refer to Emacs as "open source" Richard Stallman
2011-06-19 13:49 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2011-06-20 21:47 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-16 0:54 ` Chong Yidong
2011-06-16 4:23 ` Miles Bader
2011-06-16 5:54 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-16 6:50 ` Miles Bader
2011-06-14 4:51 ` Deniz Dogan
2011-06-15 8:26 ` Antoine Levitt
2011-06-15 11:41 ` Sean Sieger
2011-06-15 12:11 ` Antoine Levitt
2011-06-15 13:47 ` Sean Sieger
2011-06-15 14:18 ` Antoine Levitt
2011-06-15 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-16 4:34 ` Miles Bader
2011-06-16 5:47 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-16 20:11 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-15 13:59 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-15 14:55 ` Antoine Levitt
2011-06-15 23:36 ` Richard Stallman
2011-06-16 6:04 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-06-16 6:36 ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-16 8:17 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-06-16 9:57 ` cp
2011-06-16 10:40 ` Andreas Röhler
2011-06-16 14:24 ` David Kastrup
2011-06-16 16:35 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
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