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The "preference" of whether you submit to a dictator because you have no choice or {nothing here because you have no choice}. Free software is what gives you a
by jodrellblank 8y ago
The "preference" of whether you submit to a dictator because you have no choice or {nothing here because you have no choice}.
Free software is what gives you a choice. Then you can prefer it to proprietary software or not. But replying "it's a preference" to an article trying to explain what free software is and isn't and why it exists, makes no sense. "Why it exists" or "what it means" is not a preference.
- loeg 8y agoThe preference is whether, as a creator, you license your work under a free software license or an open source license. The FSF's piece attempts to sway creators, and argues why they should use the FSF's license. Users never had a say in the license of the work they consume, so they're sort of irrelevant. I'm not sure what dictators have to do with anything.