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Home » Magazine Archive » 2009 » No. 6 » Why 'Open Source' Misses the Point of Free Software » Abstract
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Why 'Open Source' Misses the Point of Free Software
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Decoding the important differences in terminology, underlying philosophy, and value systems between two similar categories of software.
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