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This takes us to a point that is quite important and that I am hoping you can clarify for our readers. The term you prefer for your ethic is &ldquo;free software,&rdquo; where the word &ldquo;free&rdquo; means freedom from constraints and not free to take. But the term that more and more people are using is &ldquo;Open Source,&rdquo; a term of quite recent vintage (1998), and, from your perspective, filled with significant problems. Of the two, free software is a term that implies an ethic of living and holds out the promise of a more just society; the other, &ldquo;open source,&rdquo; does not.