contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoA cool guide software alternativei.redd.itexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1345file-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
arrow-up1345external-linkA cool guide software alternativei.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square148fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
minus-squareanamelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoBut that doesn’t make it free software. Free software is free as in freedpm, not free as in price.
minus-squareslickgoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWell, it’s free to me, but whatever…
minus-squareanamelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYes, but that is not what free software means.
minus-squareslickgoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoFeel free to define it any way you want, but if I am permitted to download it and use it without payment, it’s free, my man.
minus-squareanamelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI’m not just making up a definition here. It is a well established definion. Word you are looking for is freeware or freemium.
minus-squareslickgoat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoNo doubt you are correct in a technical sense, but to a ordinary man in the street, free be free.
But that doesn’t make it free software. Free software is free as in freedpm, not free as in price.
Well, it’s free to me, but whatever…
Yes, but that is not what free software means.
Feel free to define it any way you want, but if I am permitted to download it and use it without payment, it’s free, my man.
I’m not just making up a definition here. It is a well established definion.
Word you are looking for is freeware or freemium.
No doubt you are correct in a technical sense, but to a ordinary man in the street, free be free.