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I don't like that Valve says that SteamOS is "freely licensable". They must know by now that the word "free" often means "libre" in the GNU/Linux community, but
by davexunit 13y ago
I don't like that Valve says that SteamOS is "freely licensable". They must know by now that the word "free" often means "libre" in the GNU/Linux community, but they've made no indication of what the license terms will actually be.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoPresumably the GNU/Linux core is libre and Steam is freeware. Why would it be anything else?
- davexunit 13y agoThe point is that Valve is using confusing language to claim that they are "open", instead of saying what they are really doing: writing proprietary software that sits on top of a free software operating system.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoThe word "open" (well, the derivative "openness") is only used once on the page, and the context is clear: It's not locked to any hardware (like Windows) but is freeware (like Android).
- warfangle 13y agoFree as in beer; not speech.
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