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Red Hat never called anyone "freeloaders" in any of their blog posts. Also, there is nothing wrong with making people pay for free software. That is explicitly
by davisr 3y ago
Red Hat never called anyone "freeloaders" in any of their blog posts.
Also, there is nothing wrong with making people pay for free software. That is explicitly in the philosophy of free software and the GNU Project.
> Many people believe that the spirit of the GNU Project is that you should not charge money for distributing copies of software, or that you should charge as little as possible—just enough to cover the cost. This is a misunderstanding.
> Actually, we encourage people who redistribute free software to charge as much as they wish or can. If a license does not permit users to make copies and sell them, it is a nonfree license. If this seems surprising to you, please read on.
Read more: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html