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There's a clear definition of what is free software: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html The EU should not

• mcherm 13y ago
  The EU isn't defining "free software" they are defining the permissible uses of the word "free" in advertising. This has nothing to do with software per se: if someone were to sell an orange for "free" but after eating the first two segments you had to pay more to get at the other segments then the exact same regulators would be getting involved.
• Aoyagi 13y ago
  That definition is wrong, it implies that "free to use" also means "free to read/modify the code" and "resell it". By GNU definition, software like Opera isn't free. Not even something as basic as (most) Windows drivers. It also completely ignores microtransactions (though of course those wouldn't really be an issue if the user had the source). Completely useless definition for this case. It works with "free" as in "freedom", not "free to use" (it's right on the 4th line). I'm sure the people who don't breathe without looking up what Stallman thinks about it will down-vote me to hell, but that won't make this definition more relevant for this.