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The truth is that to most users of software “free” means “free of charge.” The subtleties of the FSF notion of free software escape them. See, software is a pro
by Koshkin 5y ago
The truth is that to most users of software “free” means “free of charge.” The subtleties of the FSF notion of free software escape them. See, software is a product of one’s creative mind, like a piece of art or, say, the design of an airplane engine, so how and, especially, why it should be “set free” remains unclear.
- guerrilla 5y ago> users This isn't who we're talking about in this case, we're talking about the actual producers. > why it should be “set free” remains unclear. This is like a layman saying why quantum tunneling occurs remains unclear. It's well documented, despite anyone's ignorance. People have written volumes on their reasons for producing free software. A lot of the people involved in Fedora and GNOME blog about it daily.