FREE SOFTWARE VS. OPEN SOURCE

 FREE SOFTWARE VS. OPEN SOURCE

In this article we are going to discuss about free software vs open source software

 • Free software and open source software aka FOSS are two of the most popular term in the programming world. 

• The free software movement has been around for some time now and open source has become a popular methodology in today’s community.

• Free software does not means software or codes which is  free of cost, although most software's produced under the free software license are free to use. 

• This confusion  was the primary reason for the establishment of open source software(oss). But the open source software became a concept quite different from its parent by developing its own sets of values, philosophy and methodology. 

• Free software movement was made for  at advocating the availability of free source codes and removal of copyrights.

 • Also, whatever codes are derived from a free software license can also  be released as free software. This posed a major problem in the prioritization of products. 

• open source software which was initially coined to overcome the confusion caused by the ”free” term took up the reason of removing the restrictions placed on prioritization .

 • Codes under open source license can be used and changed , like free software, but the modified by-products do not have to be under the O.S.S.

• This helped in the prioritization of products produced using open source software. however  that was against what free software stood for, it divided the two into two different concepts.

 • Thus free software was a movement that emphasized on the moral aspect of the availability of free codes and promoted personal  freedom. But O.S.S. was a practical solution to allow the business use of free codes.

 • So, in a way, open source codes can be used for free software but the reverse causes a clash of interest.

• Except for these dissimilarity ,  both concepts are similar. 

• Both allows you the freedom to view the source codes to read, copy and modify the codes and them to produce a different end products.

 • Both gives the availability of free source codes for all. But open source removes the restriction placed on the source code by a free software license. prioritization is the motive behind it all. 

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