[jordigh]

> TrueCrypt IS Open-Source. You can read the source.

No, open source means a lot more than "the source is visible".

http://jordi.inversethought.com/blog/5-things-we-have-forgot...

Edit: before you knee-jerk downvote, please read my link. Open source is a term coined by OSI as a replacement synonym for free software. We have somehow culturally forgotten this. We keep repeating some other version of the facts for some reason and have forgotten what "open source" really means.

[bipin-nag]

It could be true, that open source meaning is different now. But still I would use open-source by its current definition. Open source's meaning has expanded than what you describe. Which is why we now have Free AND Open Source Software(FOSS).

If you would look around there are lot of licenses built around this point. All open sourced software are not free. Some allow owner to restrict its use like not allowed to be used commercially.

If I had to sum it up these two would be orthogonal: 1. Closed-source vs open-source 2. Proprietary vs free.