What is Open Source vs Free vs Shareware?
Open Source is a new catch phrase that is ambiguous in meaning but is often used synonymously with Free. It sometimes refers to any proprietary vendor releasing source code to their package, even though that source code is not `free’ in the sense of users being able to modify it and redistribute it. Sometimes it means `public domain’ software which anyone can modify, but which can be incorporated into commercial packages where later versions will be unavailable in source form.
