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0 pointssaberd5y ago0 comments

So free as in open source, why is this called free and not open then?

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Free is a term used by the community for decades, literally in the name of the Free Software Foundation. I guess you could argue that their need to explain what free means indicates it was a bad choice to use, but it is pretty standard now.

https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software

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0 pointssaberd5y ago0 comments

So free as in open source, why is this called free and not open then?

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cowsandmilk5y ago

Free is a term used by the community for decades, literally in the name of the Free Software Foundation. I guess you could argue that their need to explain what free means indicates it was a bad choice to use, but it is pretty standard now.

https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software

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