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It's pretty unfortunate that English uses the same word for "no-cost" and "unfettered".
by salutonmundo 7y ago
It's pretty unfortunate that English uses the same word for "no-cost" and "unfettered".
- bad_user 7y agoIn this case both are relevant, since indeed, why would you sell something that's also given away by others at no cost, possibly along with your own contributions. In Red Hat's case we did have CentOS.
- pwodhouse 7y agoMarketing is why. With good marketing investment you can reach people who don't know how to get the no cost version and are willing to pay.
- garmaine 7y agoSomewhere there is a sociolinguistic Ph.D waiting to be done on the downstream effects of this.