The most familier open source for me is wikipedia, which is very useful to check out someting.
One of the features of wikipedia is anyone who has internet access can use it as free. If user don't have to pay money to use the soft ware, what's the differnce from free soft ware?
People can download or use free soft ware, like as open source. This soft ware is availabel as completed thing. The word "Free" of free soft ware is used to mean that people do not have to pay for its using. On the othe hand, oepn source is free to use, and also welcome people to joiun to creative side. This means open source is not only free for use, but also shared to make it impleve or developped by general users. This is the reason why it is called "open".
Then, the software which people buy is going to be dead? I do not think so. Think about "wikipedia", the daily access peopbably would be huge number, but we can not use as proper information reference. The trustablibity is still low. On the other hand the soft ware or source which people have to pay can be recognized more reliable, becasue creators have to have much responsibility to show in public. In other words, they offer differnt features. Also the important thing that user have to understand these differnce, and use them depend on the situation and cases.
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