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The F in FLOSS is supposed to stand for Free. Many people interpret it as "Free as in beer", not "Free as in speech", so expecting people to pay for it disqual
by Sohcahtoa82 5y ago
The F in FLOSS is supposed to stand for Free.
Many people interpret it as "Free as in beer", not "Free as in speech", so expecting people to pay for it disqualifies it as FLOSS.
- detaro 5y agoAgain, it's still under a FLOSS license. you can use it for free as in beer, under the terms of the license. If you want further expectations satisfied (i.e. ongoing maintenance of the software), that's what money is paid for. You're not paying for the software, you're paying for services around it. (and the nice thing with Open Source is that if the original creator isn't available for whatever reason, you can pay somebody else for them, which is a lot harder with not-open software)
- CRConrad 5y ago> Many people interpret it as "Free as in beer", not "Free as in speech", so expecting people to pay for it disqualifies it as FLOSS. Only for people with the wrong expectations. Just because there's many of them doesn't make them right.