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RMS may have coined free software as a term and legal construct via licensing but he wasn’t the first to give software away for free
by jazzyjackson 3mo ago
RMS may have coined free software as a term and legal construct via licensing but he wasn’t the first to give software away for free
- akimbostrawman 3mo ago>but he wasn’t the first to give software away for free They never claimed he was and it's irrelevant because free software has nothing to do with "giving software away for free" https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html
- jazzyjackson 3mo agoYea sounds like a marketing problem to try and take ownership of how a common word is used