> I've always found the free as in word games of the open
> source community to be more of an annoyance than anything
> 'real'. As it is more of a debate on meaning than a technical
> thing, I'd love if it was debated somewhere like CF-OT or
> CF-Community.
> Thanks
How about the He3 topic its
On Thursday 06 May 2004 15:16 pm, Matt Liotta wrote:
> limit your use of GPLed software; it limits your ability to take away
> others' freedom by closing the source.
Well put :-)
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I've always found the free as in word games of the open source community to be more of an annoyance than anything 'real'. As it is more of a debate on meaning than a technical thing, I'd love if it was debated somewhere like CF-OT or CF-Community.
Thanks
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> So does GNU/Linux* - the GPL. This protects the freedoms (as in
> speech), while
> still allowing you to sell it.
>
I stated specifically, that commercial software has a license that
limits the use there of. The GPL is a license, but it doesn't really
limit your use of GPLed software; it lim
On Thursday 06 May 2004 14:58 pm, Matt Liotta wrote:
> Commercial software ... has a license
So does GNU/Linux* - the GPL. This protects the freedoms (as in speech), while
still allowing you to sell it.
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Free as in beer means that something doesn't cost any money.
Free as in speech means that something has personal freedoms associated
with.
Linux is free as in beer and speech. That is, Linux doesn't cost any
money and you have full access to the source code and can change it how
you see fit. C
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