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-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.
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.