<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:30 PM, paul g <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Richard Stallman says he has 'no favor of open source'</blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div>By saying this, RMS is trying to make a distinction between "Open Source" software and "Free" software.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">In the case of the former, you may indeed have rights to read through the source code, but no rights to modify, re-use, or redistribute that software.</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">RMS's definition of "Free" software is software that you are free to use, modify, redistribute, etc., as long as the original license carries through.<br><br></div></div>