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It does mean that. Free software and open source mean different things.

• yjftsjthsd-h 7y ago
  Is this open source or source available? There is a meaningful distinction.
  • jackcodes 7y ago
    What is the distinction?
    • detaro 7y ago
      Open Source fullfills the open source definition: https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated. Source available is software where you can look at the source, but do not have the rights you have with Open Source.
    • IggleSniggle 7y ago
      Free software follows a philosophy of “all people have a right to use computing knowledge” which has a very similar set of license scenarios but a different underlying driving culture: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html The “stricter requirements” piece is that the freedom bent sometimes leads towards more restrictive licenses (like GPL)
• bad_user 7y ago
  No. Open source has a precise defition that is equivalent with Free Software: [1] https://opensource.org/osd-annotated https://opensource.org/osd-annotated [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
  • detaro 7y ago
    It's not equivalent with Free Software. Free Software has stricter requirements.
    • Thorrez 7y ago
      What are the stricter requirements?
      • detaro 7y ago
        I actually was wrong. Free Software is often used to mean Copyleft, but not actually defined that way.
• Havoc 7y ago
  To me "source" implies code though. Not article.