Free is meant to signify freedom, as in free speech, and not to characterize “without cost.“ Free software originated with the Free Software Foundation never the premise that all software should be shared and everyone should have equal access to source code, or the blueprints of the system. Fink, M. (2003). The Business of Linux and Open Source. In _The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source. essay, Prentice Hall PTR. Page 5.