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If you are an Internet addict, you are familiar with Tux, the Linux Penguin logo. All over the Internet, Linux fans are sounding off about how it, and “free software” or freeware can save you money, effort, nerves, data, time and just perhaps your soul.

What exactly does it mean when Richard Stallman says that the Creative Commons’ Attribution-ShareAlike license has a “Weak Copyleft”? Why exactly is it that “Freeware” and “Non-Free Software” mean the same thing, while “Free Software” is something else entirely? And what is this business with “Free Beer”, and where can I get some?

Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.

When a home user switches over to GNU/Linux, the major idea behind this change is enjoying and supporting Open Source freedom. People want to use Freeware. It's free for everyone and follows the philosophy of the free exchange of ideas between everyone.

Game Jolt (a relatively new Open Source/Freeware game project hosting site) has recently announced their plans for implementing ad revenue sharing for Open Source and Freeware game developers. Most profit sharing schemes have only been available to the Casual/Flash gaming community, until now.

Sure, we all know about the highest-profile open source applications available for the Mac operating system. Firefox probably jumps to mind first, followed closely by its e-mail partner, Thunderbird. However, worthwhile as they are, applications whose development is supported by the Mozilla Foundation are just a small piece of the Mac freeware movement.

Canada has a Request for Information (RFI) related to No-Charge Licensed Software (typically referred to as Free and Open Source Software or FOSS and also applicable to freeware). For the purpose of the RFI, No Charge Licensed Software means Licensed Software that is available at no charge for the Licensed Software and is typically made available as a free download from the Internet.

It’s simply stunning some of the terrific instrument and effect plug-ins available that are now free and open source – yes, free as in freedom, not just freeware. I had commented in the past something along the lines of, “boy, wouldn’t it be great if this now meant, say, a Linux port?”