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Yes, they are, by definition.

This is the difference between "open source" and "free s/w".

Open source is a process of using public collaboration to develop a for-profit product intended to benefit the product's ownership, while free s/w is the process of user representatives collaboratively developing s/w intended to directly benefit it's users.




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