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There is nothing that says you can't charge money for FOSS software. FOSS is more about having the ability to inspect and freely change your software to your us
by myaccountonhn 2y ago
There is nothing that says you can't charge money for FOSS software. FOSS is more about having the ability to inspect and freely change your software to your use-cases.
- diggan 2y ago> There is nothing that says you can't charge money for FOSS software Well, yes and no. If you had a cost to access the source code, I'm pretty sure I'd stop calling that FOSS. If you only have a price for downloading binaries, sure, still FOSS, since we're talking source code licensing. > Nothing should be $$ free I took this statement at face value, and assumed parent argued for basically eliminating FOSS.
- myaccountonhn 2y ago> Well, yes and no. If you had a cost to access the source code, I'm pretty sure I'd stop calling that FOSS Even the FSF thinks you can charge money for free software and still call it FOSS: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html.
- anthk 2y agoI used to buy Debian DVD's when there was the freest Linux distro before GNUinos and now Trisquel.
- pabs3 2y agoSomething can be FOSS even if it isn't released to the public, just amongst friends. Its only about every user being able to access the source.