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		oinksoft on March 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kickstarter: rails.app Free and open source are not opposing philosophies. Software cannot realistically be considered "free" without being open source.

tptacek on March 30, 2012 | [–]

No. You should consult Google, perhaps with a query including "vs".

mattbriggs on March 30, 2012 | [–]

... But software that is open source is not nessicarily free. Open source is a development model, free software is a religious movement

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