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On 30/10/06, Jonathan Roberts <jonathan.roberts.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I didn't realise until recently that this was even an issue! Now that I > realise this is an issue I want to let everyone else know because I'm > sure (at least I hope) I'm not the only who had no idea there was a > difference between these two terms! It's a difference I think is quite > important too: I actually find it less black and white, I sympathise with the FSF agenda but on a day to day basis work closer to the Open Source side. That means while I help campaign against Software Patents, and release my software under the GPL (or dual licensed artistic and GPL), I don't have strong philosophical objections to other people writing proprietary software, so long as it doesn't impact on others who choose to write free/libre open source or even shareware software. There are only very limited occasions where the difference matters significantly to me, and those are political rather than technical. cheers, A. -- http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Hosting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html