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that's OpenSource

Posted Apr 15, 2006 5:11 UTC (Sat) by lordsutch (guest, #53)
In reply to: that's OpenSource by niner
Parent article: A first look at Zfone (NewsForge)

Of course, so is the FSF's definition of "Free Software." The AOL and Earthlink CDs that Best Buy gives out are "free software" too, just not by the FSF's definition...

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Posted Apr 17, 2006 9:37 UTC (Mon) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]

I'd say you're right. So it seems that this is a case where English capitalization rules are a real advantage compared to for example German. "Free Software" is indeed something different to "free software" and if regarded as names "Free Software" and "Open Source Software" may have any meaning that is given to them.