Re:UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you c...
by mc3 on Sunday December 22, 2019 @08:53PM
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Sorry, I mean free as in "Libre". Freedom to do what you want with the software.
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Re:UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you c...
by Eikon on Sunday December 22, 2019 @10:50PM
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That's really a stance of the FSF I dislike, redefining "Free" to something that was ideologically pleasing to them but that means something absolutely different for everyone else.
Creating tons of confusion and not helping their cause at all as free proprietary software may benefit from the label when distributed to the masses as they heard "free" software is good.
Re:UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you c...
by jordigh on Sunday December 22, 2019 @11:41PM
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The FSF did not originate the meaning of "free software". They insist upon it, but before 1998 when "open source" was coined, "free software" was just what everyone called it. Even OpenBSD, who staunchly disagrees on a lot of things with the FSF, has been calling itself "free software" since 1996.
Re:UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you c...
by rambojazz on Monday December 23, 2019 @01:15AM
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It's not a redefinition. "Free" carries at least 2 meanings in English.
Re:UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you c...
by Eikon on Monday December 23, 2019 @01:36AM
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You are right.
Thinking about it, my previous point may be heavily biased by how “free software” sounds and how the wording is used in my native language.
Re:UnDraw: Open-source illustrations for every project you c...
by mc3 on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:08PM
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There is a good point in there. I caused confusion here. Most people would thing "free software" means free as in $0, because it make more sense in the context of software, which isn't a person. A free felon, by contrast would imply person, so they have freedom. We are not giving away felons.