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-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days ago FOSS is always Freeware “Free software” refers to freedom, not price. It’s possible for free-as-in-freedom software to be sold. “Freeware” is always about price, not freedom.
minus-squarelistless@lemmy.cringecollective.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·18 days agoonly in theory. in reality, only one person would ever buy it then re-release the source code for free-as-in-beer. unless you’re talking about something other than GPL2/3.
“Free software” refers to freedom, not price. It’s possible for free-as-in-freedom software to be sold.
“Freeware” is always about price, not freedom.
only in theory. in reality, only one person would ever buy it then re-release the source code for free-as-in-beer. unless you’re talking about something other than GPL2/3.