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Interesting!
I will have to do more research on that and investigate more into open-source vs free software as well as their origins.
Thanks for the insight, sorry if my previous comment felt snide!
All cool. It's just sad that Netscape succeeded putting open source on the same bag as free software.
These are good reads:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-intro.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software
Much appreciated!