Cable wrote:
> Open vs. Free: “Free” gives you "no-cost" or gratis access to
> a resource. "Open" provides both gratis and libre access to a
> resource. It is the open license that gives you the legal
> permissions to reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the
> resource.
That's sort of confusing, because folks like Richard Stallman have spent
a lot of effort making the distinction that (at least in software)
"free" relates to freedom while "open" simply relates to the development
model, which is sort of the opposite of the use here.
This is why I use the word "costless" rather than "free" when not having
to pay for a particular work is the only virtue that applies to it.
This "gratis" and "libre" stuff will only confuse those who aren't
already on the inside.
http://hiresteve.com/2007/08/12/excuse-my-french/
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