#107 Free Software vs. Open Source Software

Kopec Explains Software

In the late 1990s, the open source software movement split from the free software movement. A rebranding, the open source movement has a less philosophical, or some may say moral, focus than the free software movement. Despite this, 99.9% of open source software is also free software according to their respective official definitions. In this episode we discuss the differences between the free software movement and the open source software movement.

Show Notes

• Episode 12: Open Source Software
• What is Free Software? via GNU
• The Open Source Definition via OSI
• Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by Richard Stallman via GNU

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