Open Source vs Free Software

Open Source vs Free Software

Free Akses ke dalam source code, bebas dalam pengembangan, bebas lisensi

Free Software

if people who receive a copy of the software have freedoms.
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price.


Freedom of Free software


Freedom 0: The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
Freedom 1: The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish.
Freedom 2: The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
Freedom 3: The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements (and modified versions in general) to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

Perkenalan

Richard Stallman,  in FSF February 1986.
1990s; other groups
Debian Free Software published in 1997
Open Source Definition in 1998

Contoh Free Software

MySql; relational database
Apache; web server
Sendmail; mail transport agent
Latex; typesetting systems.
LibreOffice; office suite
Emacs; text editor
GIMP; raster drawing and image editor
etc

Open source
=
Free software ?


Keuntungan Free Software

Free to use
Free to access
Free to develop
Free to redistribute
Free from price

Kelemahan Free Software

Update path
Security

References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
http://masnarang.0fees.net/
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