Free Software Foundation
* Free software is a matter of liberty not price.
* Established in 1985
* The FSF promotes the development and use of free software, particularly the GNU operating system, used widely in its GNU/Linux variant.
http://www.fsf.org/
Free Software Foundation in Wikipedia
"Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things."
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Open Source Initiative
* California public benefit corporation, with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, founded in 1998.
* Stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD) and the community-recognized body for reviewing and approving licenses as OSD-conformant.
* Actively involved in Open Source community-building and education. OSI Board members frequently travel the world to attend Open Source conferences and events, meet with open source developers and users, and to discuss with executives from the public and private sectors about how Open Source technologies, licenses, and models of development can provide economic and strategic advantages.
http://www.opensource.org/
Open Source Initiative in Wikipedia
"Open source software is computer software whose source code is available under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that permits users to use, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner."
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Differences?
FS is more free of these two. It´s totally free to use, study, modify and distribute. Only restriction is that the possible modifications has to be also free to the next recipients. OS is free to use, study, modify and distribute only under license or for example public domain. The other difference is that OS is developed in more collaborative manner.
* Free software is a matter of liberty not price.
* Established in 1985
* The FSF promotes the development and use of free software, particularly the GNU operating system, used widely in its GNU/Linux variant.
http://www.fsf.org/
Free Software Foundation in Wikipedia
"Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things."
Source
Open Source Initiative
* California public benefit corporation, with 501(c)3 tax-exempt status, founded in 1998.
* Stewards of the Open Source Definition (OSD) and the community-recognized body for reviewing and approving licenses as OSD-conformant.
* Actively involved in Open Source community-building and education. OSI Board members frequently travel the world to attend Open Source conferences and events, meet with open source developers and users, and to discuss with executives from the public and private sectors about how Open Source technologies, licenses, and models of development can provide economic and strategic advantages.
http://www.opensource.org/
Open Source Initiative in Wikipedia
"Open source software is computer software whose source code is available under a license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that permits users to use, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form. It is often developed in a public, collaborative manner."
Source
Differences?
FS is more free of these two. It´s totally free to use, study, modify and distribute. Only restriction is that the possible modifications has to be also free to the next recipients. OS is free to use, study, modify and distribute only under license or for example public domain. The other difference is that OS is developed in more collaborative manner.
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