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> open source meant people just working on stuff for fun and trying to provide free as in speech alternatives to pay crap? You're mixing quite a few things. "O
by cyphar 10y ago
> open source meant people just working on stuff for fun and trying to provide free as in speech alternatives to pay crap?
You're mixing quite a few things. "Open source" never meant that, and was always geared towards corporations. Free software does mean providing "free as in speech" alternatives to things, but it never meant stopping people from charging users (you having to "pay crap").