Thank you for the explanation. So all this 'open source code' is off limits to being modified? Unless it's under a GNU license? Thank you, Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:33 -0500 From: erikerik at gmail.com To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [tclug-list] A question about free software On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 10:30 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: Richard Stallman says he has 'no favor of open source' By saying this, RMS is trying to make a distinction between "Open Source" software and "Free" software. 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. 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. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140312/f64d60d9/attachment.html>