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Free software is a gift. It does not create an obligation when one receives it.
by sneak 3y ago
Free software is a gift. It does not create an obligation when one receives it.
- Towaway69 3y agoLife is a gift that also comes with no obligations. Pity everyone takes it so seriously.
- osmsucks 3y agoFree software is generally considered "free as in free speech". Doesn't always imply gratis, as people still need to pay their bills.
- sneak 3y agoIt’s both, as a point of law. If it’s free as in speech, it is also necessarily free as in beer. That’s what the freedom to redistribute means.
- Temporary_31337 3y agoYou should read about psychology of gifts and how it helped the white man to conquer America. Native Americans were such honourable people that they felt every gift must be repaid and more.