On 11/23/20 10:50 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
The "free" described in the GPL and other open source licenses isn't about money ("gratis") but freedom ("libre"). This ambiguity with "free" is among the many limitations of our language, but few speak Latin so the license was written in English, with descriptions of how "free" applies. :)
Nadia Eghbal gave and interesting LongNow talk last week on opensource software maintenance, explaining along the way Jacob Thornton's distinction between
free as in beer free as in speech free as in puppy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX0pPg-gyX8 and if you've got a free hour, the whole talk is worth the listen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnI1nz2CBnI -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
