secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 19 days agoI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down13
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comsecret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 19 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareLka1988@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·19 days agoFreeware = Free software Technically true.
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 days agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
minus-squareperegus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 days agoI’ve read the first part and it’s all “most often”, “may be”, so, technically, FOSS software is under the freeware umbrella.
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoMakes sense. In my mind when I think freeware tho I think discord, Spotify, free to use apps that have subscriptions and are proprietary. So I don’t like that GIMP is labeled with those
minus-squareLka1988@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·19 days agoYes, but the average person doesn’t give a shit about the technical definition. You know what is meant, don’t be pedantic about it.
minus-squaremassi1008@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoI absolutely agree with you but lemmy is not for the average person (and apparently doesn’t want to be) :D
minus-squareLka1988@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoGo outside and talk to several random people. That’s the average person.
Freeware = Free software
Technically true.
Nope. Free beer ≠ free speech.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
I’ve read the first part and it’s all “most often”, “may be”, so, technically, FOSS software is under the freeware umbrella.
Makes sense. In my mind when I think freeware tho I think discord, Spotify, free to use apps that have subscriptions and are proprietary. So I don’t like that GIMP is labeled with those
Yes, but the average person doesn’t give a shit about the technical definition. You know what is meant, don’t be pedantic about it.
I absolutely agree with you but lemmy is not for the average person (and apparently doesn’t want to be) :D
Define average person.
Go outside and talk to several random people. That’s the average person.