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> Referring to Microsoft Windows as "free software" is just wrong. Microsoft Windows is not Free Software. Free has many meanings. Look up the dictionary [1].
by code_sloth 8y ago
> Referring to Microsoft Windows as "free software" is just wrong. Microsoft Windows is not Free Software.
Free has many meanings. Look up the dictionary [1]. In the context of the situation / article, it is free. As in $0. As in costs nothing. Context matters, and the FSF / open source context does not apply here.
This ridiculous insistence on the "one true pure" meaning and rigid interpretation of words is a like cancer of stupid infecting humanity.
[1]: http://www.dictionary.com/browse/free http://www.dictionary.com/browse/free
- lolc 8y ago"Free software" has an established meaning within our field. Notice how I was complaining about the title, where naturally the context is very broad.
- lovich 8y agoFree software has always had two meanings. "Free as in speech or free as in beer", is a phrase used commonly in software development for a reason