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> The animosity comes from being tricked into vendor lock-in with "free" samples. Care to name one of these lock-in licenses specifically rather than generally

> The animosity comes from being tricked into vendor lock-in with "free" samples. Care to name one of these lock-in licenses specifically rather than generally? > I would much rather have a paid free license than a zero cost non-free license. As someone who earns money from opensource software used by both companies and individuals I really have no idea what this actually means. Care to elucidate for the rest of us what a "paid free" or " zero cost non-free" license is? Literally just an example link to one of those types of licenses is all I'm asking here.

pabs3 4y ago
Paid free would be where you pay for an app and get the GPLed source code along with the binary.
dec0dedab0de 4y ago
> The animosity comes from being tricked into vendor lock-in with "free" samples. Care to name one of these lock-in licenses specifically rather than generally? It's not the licenses, it's the tactics they allow. Microsoft giving away Office to schools for so long is why so many companies use it today. They are afraid of teaching their employees something new, so they don't even consider it. Because everyone realizes this, there is little competition. As someone who earns money from opensource software used by both companies and individuals I really have no idea what this actually means. Care to elucidate for the rest of us what a "paid free" or " zero cost non-free" license is? Literally just an example link to one of those types of licenses is all I'm asking here. I thought I was pretty clear, but I guess not. When I said "zero cost non-free" I meant any software that doesn't cost money, but does not give users freedom. An example would be Microsoft Edge. When I said "paid free" I meant software that costs money, but does give users freedom. An example would be RHEL, it was still free/opensource code but they only let paying customers download it from their servers. I'm not sure if redhat still works this way after the changes they've gone through since IBM, but that was their thing for a long time.

pabs3 4y ago

Paid free would be where you pay for an app and get the GPLed source code along with the binary.

dec0dedab0de 4y ago

> The animosity comes from being tricked into vendor lock-in with "free" samples. Care to name one of these lock-in licenses specifically rather than generally? It's not the licenses, it's the tactics they allow. Microsoft giving away Office to schools for so long is why so many companies use it today. They are afraid of teaching their employees something new, so they don't even consider it. Because everyone realizes this, there is little competition. As someone who earns money from opensource software used by both companies and individuals I really have no idea what this actually means. Care to elucidate for the rest of us what a "paid free" or " zero cost non-free" license is? Literally just an example link to one of those types of licenses is all I'm asking here. I thought I was pretty clear, but I guess not. When I said "zero cost non-free" I meant any software that doesn't cost money, but does not give users freedom. An example would be Microsoft Edge. When I said "paid free" I meant software that costs money, but does give users freedom. An example would be RHEL, it was still free/opensource code but they only let paying customers download it from their servers. I'm not sure if redhat still works this way after the changes they've gone through since IBM, but that was their thing for a long time.