<div dir="auto">I think there may be some confusion over the meaning of "free" in FOSS. "Free" in FOSS means free as in libre, referencing the "Four Essential Freedoms", not free as in no cost. It is actually a stronger statement than "open".<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See:</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:26 karsten <<a href="mailto:karsten@terragis.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">karsten@terragis.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>HI Sergio,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>well it might not be open
source but is 'free just as in the acronym FOSS = Free and Open Source
Software (as for example the OSGEO flagship conference FOSS4G), so while
open is certainly more desirable 'only' free as I see it is also part
of FOSS. That is just to say one potentially should not prevent someone
presenting on that software based only because it is free but not open source -
at least I think so because it could still be useful for users out
there</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Just my 2
cents</span></div>
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<div><span></span>C<span>heers</span></div>
<div><span></span><span></span>K<span>arsten</span><br></div>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
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<p>Thank you Karsten. The question was because we are receiving proposals
for a congress that we are organizing and we ask -if possible- to
use open source software.<br></p>
<p>Best,<br></p>
<p><br></p>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Hi Sergio,</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>while it appears to be
free to me it see,s not to be open source because in that case one would be be
to find the source code (and I could not).</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Also note that this tool
might be kind of outdated (seems to use an old version of extjs as a JS
library as user GUI) so be ware that it might be a bit outdated.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Cheers</span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span>Karsten</span></div><br>
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ACOSTAYLARA<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 25, 2021 13:04<br><b>To:</b>
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<p>Sorry for my ignorance but I couldn't find out if this tool is open source.
Thanks for your help.<br></p>
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