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What’s an example of software that is free (speech) but not free (beer) excluding TiVo style
by zaphirplane 6y ago
What’s an example of software that is free (speech) but not free (beer) excluding TiVo style
- jimmyvalmer 6y agoThere are none. When activists say "free as in speech, not as in beer," they mean "What we really *care* about is free as in speech software, i.e., the ability to inspect, modify, and redistribute the source, and provision gratis (without charge) is merely a precondition for that." I'll quote from the manifesto: "... requiring that users pay, in money or in kind ... is tantamount to not granting the freedoms in question, and thus renders the program nonfree."
- milkey_mouse 6y agoI have purchased libre software. An example is RCU (reMarkable Connection Utility): http://www.davisr.me/projects/rcu/ http://www.davisr.me/projects/rcu/