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You are misunderstanding what these terms actually mean. Free as in freedom basically implies free as in price. No one is hiding this. Free as in price does not
by zests 6y ago
You are misunderstanding what these terms actually mean. Free as in freedom basically implies free as in price. No one is hiding this. Free as in price does not imply free as in freedom. Free as in freedom is a lot stronger of a concept than free as in price.
You've stumbled upon one of the many benefits and consequences of free as in freedom. It should be obvious that the market value of anything free as in freedom will be zero. If you're an American citizen, I'll sell you freedom from government censorship for $5.
- nickelcitymario 6y agoI don't think I misunderstand the terminology at all. My point was that "free as in freedom" implies free as in price. That's literally what I said. I do acknowledge that I appear to be in disagreement with many people about what GNU's point is when they insist "it's not about price". To me, "it's not about price" means you're trying to say that price has nothing to do with freedom. For others, "it's not about price" simply means that's not the focus, or not the only point, or not the main point. Which is a fair and perhaps more accurate understanding of GNU's point. I could very well be mistaken about GNU's intent. Judging by the amount of downvotes I'm getting, I'm clearly in a minority. But I remain unconvinced.