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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by roenxi on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:19PM (#23631773)
Excluding free software from a quote that starts "When something is free..." is equally silly. The quote stops being about anything.

But yeah, good point that my argument didn't make sense.

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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by smolder on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @02:48PM (#23632190)
There is free as in Freedom as well as free as in beer. The quote seems to apply to things that are free as in beer but not free as in freedom. It'd be valid given that distinction.
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Re:Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead by thomasahle on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @07:01PM (#23634853)
> The quote stops being about anything.

It is still about stuff other than open source software.

You can't expect some Internet quote to apply universally. Just know the exceptions and use it when it applies.

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