The facts and the opinions

• What we have seen up to now are the hard facts; here are some more
  • Free software definition born 1984
  • GNU GPL license born 1985
  • BSD license born 1989
  • Open source definition born 1997
• All the rest that you read here or elsewhere are purposes, consequences, interpretations, some very important, all debatable; here are some
  • granting freedom, building a community, ethical reasons
  • development method, commercial viability, price, quality
  • open source versus free software, the future of free software