diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex index 1c6a3c64011d78fd16b449789417cf19b40fe2bc..90807ebd6868d22c034c30b828fe7be1b4e0077e 100644 --- a/gpl-lgpl.tex +++ b/gpl-lgpl.tex @@ -195,14 +195,12 @@ activities are considered non-free. The Open Source Initiative (\defn{OSI}) (the arbiter of what is considered ``Open Source'') also regards such licenses as inconsistent with its ``Open Source Definition''. -In general, software for which any of these freedoms are -restricted in any way is called ``nonfree'' (or as I prefer to write it, ``non-Free'') software. Some use the -term ``proprietary software'' more or less interchangeably with -``non-Free software.'' Personally, I tend to use the term ``non-Free -software'' to refer to software available noncommercially that restricts freedom -(such as ``shareware'') and ``proprietary software'' to refer to -commercial software that restricts freedom (such as nearly all of -Microsoft's and Oracle's offerings). +In general, software for which any of these freedoms are restricted in any +way is called ``nonfree'' software. Some use the term ``proprietary +software'' more or less interchangeably with ``nonfree software''. The FSF +published a useful +\href{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html}{explanation of various + types of software and how they relate to one another}. Keep in mind that none of the terms ``software freedom'', ``open source'' and ``free software'' are known to be trademarked or otherwise legally