Copyright © 2004, 2006 Shlomi Fish
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Abstract
The purpose of this document is to introduce the Open Source Software and Free Software world to people who are not familiar with it. It covers the semantics of the terms, the history of this world, philosophical differences, various criteria of open source software, and other issues.
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