Re: Open source - Free software

[Barry Margolin]

In article <4nvlhbFc7lejU1@individual.net>,
 Robert Hull <Robert@please.do-not-spam.me.uk> wrote:

> On Wednesday 27 September 2006 05:50, Barry Margolin
> <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote in comp.os.linux.misc:
> 
> > How about this: Free software is a subset of open source software, so
> > all free software is open source.
> Untrue - see opera for example

Can you provide more details.  I tried to find the Opera license on 
opera.com, but didn't have much luck.  But I don't see how it could fit 
the FSF definition of "free software" if it doesn't make the source code 
available, which is the main point of "open source".

P.S. I've put back the cross-posting, since you set Followup-to to a 
group I don't read, and I would never have seen your reply!

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
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