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  There is a schism in the Open Source movement between the Open
  Source People and the Free Software People.  Think of the Catholics
  versus the Protestants, they reach similar conclusions from
  different premises.

  <h4>Free Software</h4>

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      <li>Represented by the Free Software Foundation, the GNU people,
          and Richard Stallman</li>
 
      <li>Based on political beliefs</li>

      <li>Software should be free as in speech (as in the United States)</li>

      <li>Code is like a book, it is useless if no one reads it</li>

      <li>Free, as in price, does not matter, you can charge as much as
          you like for your work.</li>

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  <h4>Open Source</h4>

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      <li>Represented by the Open Source Initiative, the poster boy is
          Erik Raymond</li>

      <li>Open Source produces higher quality software in a shorter
          period of time</li>

      <li>Free as in beer</li>

      <li>Protects users and businesses from bugs and security
          flaws</li>

      <li>Less duplicated work</li>

      <li>Monolithic design versus small interworking parts *</li>

      

      <li>Have cause to deviate from standards</li>

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  <small>* Not a necessary consequence of Proprietary Software, but
         since it isn't designed for interoperability it tends towards
         this</small>

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