BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of postcapitalism

Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by girvo on Thursday March 03, 2016 @05:25AM (#11216012)

BrewDog are one of my favourite breweries! Their collab, Black Tokyo Horizon is the single most interesting (and best, in my opinion) stouts in the world. Amazing to see that the recipes are open-source too, I guess it really is free-as-in-beer!

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Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by masklinn on Thursday March 03, 2016 @06:10AM (#11216139)

> I guess it really is free-as-in-beer!

Except free-as-in-beer specifically meant you didn't have to pay for the end-product (gratis) but had no rights or idea on the IP, by opposition to free-as-in-freedom (libre) which you may have to pay for but could then use as you wished.

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Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by dkersten on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:15AM (#11216348)

Its open source beer. I still have to compile it myself if I want it for free. Or I can pay a vendor (BrewDog) to do it for me.

I choose to pay the vendor because I'm lazy and like their SLA.

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Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by masklinn on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:21AM (#11216372)

Right, so it's beer which specifically isn't free-as-in-beer.

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Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by dkersten on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:39AM (#11216448)

Yes.

But don't let that ruin a good open-source vs free-software debate...

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Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by Tar90 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @06:32AM (#11216201)

He made a joke.

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Re:BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of po... by stdbrouw on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:14AM (#11216345)

Jokes that rely on things meaning the opposite of what they do are generally not that funny.

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