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diff --git a/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-open-overlap.html b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-open-overlap.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3a6c04 --- /dev/null +++ b/talermerchantdemos/blog/articles/en/free-open-overlap.html @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> +<!-- Parent-Version: 1.77 --> +<title>How Free Software and Open Source Relate as Categories of +Programs +- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> + <!--#include virtual="/philosophy/po/free-open-overlap.translist" --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> +<h2>How Free Software and Open Source Relate as Categories of Programs</h2> + +<p>Here's how <a href="/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html">free software and open source</a> relate as categories of +programs:</p> + +<pre> +<code> + /----------------------------------------------\ + / | | \ + / | | \ + / | | \ + | | + | Source license is GNU *GPL, Apache, | + | original BSD, modified BSD, | +free | X11, expat, Python, MPL, etc., | + | and executable is not tivoized | open source + | | + | | + \ | | + \ | | + \ | | / + \---------------------------------------------- / + | tivoized (tyrant) devices | O | / + ----------------------------------------------/ +</code> +</pre> + +<p>Among all programs that are open source, only a minuscule fraction +are not free. If the bottom row were drawn to scale, its text would +have to be in a tiny font, perhaps too small to read.</p> + +<p>Tivoized or <a href="/philosophy/proprietary/proprietary-tyrants.html">“tyrant” devices</a> contain nonfree +executables made from source code that is free. As of 2013, many +Android devices are tyrants, but some are not.</p> + +<!-- don't link here to the list of nonfree licenses. +That gives the wrong idea, since most of those are not open source either. --> + +<p>“O” stands for “other” and refers to +programs whose source is under licenses which are open source but not +free. Several such licenses were written around 2000, and they were +used to release some programs. It has been a long time since we heard +of software released under those licenses. We don't know whether they +are still used.</p> + +<p>Most nonfree licenses are not open source either.</p> + +</div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> +<!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> +<div id="footer"> +<div class="unprintable"> + +<p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to +<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. +There are also <a href="/contact/">other ways to contact</a> +the FSF. Broken links and other corrections or suggestions can be sent +to <a href="mailto:webmasters@gnu.org"><webmasters@gnu.org></a>.</p> + +<p><!-- TRANSLATORS: Ignore the original text in this paragraph, + replace it with the translation of these two: + + We work hard and do our best to provide accurate, good quality + translations. However, we are not exempt from imperfection. + Please send your comments and general suggestions in this regard + to <a href="mailto:web-translators@gnu.org"> + <web-translators@gnu.org></a>.</p> + + <p>For information on coordinating and submitting translations of + our web pages, see <a + href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations + README</a>. --> +Please see the <a +href="/server/standards/README.translations.html">Translations +README</a> for information on coordinating and submitting translations +of this article.</p> +</div> + +<p>Copyright © 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</p> + +<p>This page is licensed under a <a rel="license" +href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/us/">Creative +Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License</a>.</p> + +<!--#include virtual="/server/bottom-notes.html" --> + +<p class="unprintable">Updated: +<!-- timestamp start --> +$Date: 2015/01/08 15:59:31 $ +<!-- timestamp end --> +</p> +</div> +</div> +</body> +</html> |