| Open Source refers to the fact that the source code of Free Software Downloads is open to and for the world to take, to modify and to reuse. The precise meaning of Free Software Downloads is spelled out in the Debian Free Software Downloads Guidelines or the Free Software Downloads Definition while Open Source is defined officially by the Open Source Definition. Open Source and Free Software Downloads refer to, originally the same (around Feb 1998), but now different but largely similiar, set of software, but they emphasize different rationals; see Why ``Free Software Downloads '' is better than ``Open Source'' for more explanation. |
