     |
Open Source Software and Free Software
Many people here are familiar with the term: “Open Source.”
Less are familiar with “Free Software.” Free Software is the movement from which Open Source spawned. The Open Source Definition 1.0 was a near verbatim copy of the Debian Free Software Guidelines.
Open Source Definition: http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
Debian Free Software Guidelines: http://www.debian.org/social_contract.html#guidelines