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Something being open != you cannot make money with it. This notion is stupid, false and dishonest. Besides, I don't think companies have a "right to make money
by slowpoke 14y ago
Something being open != you cannot make money with it. This notion is stupid, false and dishonest.
Besides, I don't think companies have a "right to make money", anyways. That
would lead to government enforced business models and the utter insanity to which
this leads can currently be observed in the copyright industries and their
ongoing fight against free speech.
- kanzure 14y ago> Something being open != you cannot make money with it. This notion is stupid, false and dishonest. In fact, open source is the money-making arm of free software.
- slowpoke 14y agoThat's mostly because those who want to make money don't like to call it "Free Software". Blame the English language for having only a single widespread word for "costless" and "libre".