Bug#255732: www.debian.org: confusing statement on /intro/free
On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 07:24:35PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> Note: In February 1998 a group moved to replace the term "Free
> Software" with "Open Source Software". As will become clear in the
> discussion below, they both refer to essentially the same thing.
>
> In fact, they are not. Also, the page does not mention Open Source
> again, so it doesn't become clear at all "in the discussion below".
>
> Free software is a superset of open source software. They are not
You mean a subset, don't you?
> the same. If you insist, then you must make it clearer that you are
> talking about the OSI definition of open source.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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