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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thank you for the explanation.<br><br>So all this 'open source code' is off limits to being modified? Unless it's under a GNU license? <br><br>Thank you,<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:33 -0500<br>From: erikerik@gmail.com<br>To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] A question about free software<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><div class="ecxgmail_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="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Richard Stallman says he has 'no favor of open source'</blockquote></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div>By saying this, RMS is trying to make a distinction between "Open Source" software and "Free" software.</div>
<div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br></div><div class="ecxgmail_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="ecxgmail_extra">
<br></div><div class="ecxgmail_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>
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