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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by solidasparagus on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:24AM (#24482253)
I think it's unlikely that Stallman would consider a hosted offering of Canvas to be 'free software'. But I agree with you that it can be both SaaS and free.

Although at that point I question what advantage free software gives you - you can't change it and you are still at the mercy of the hosting company since you aren't able to host it yourself.

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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) by michaelmrose on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @06:39PM (#24487562)
Paying someone to run something you can and in the future could run yourself could in theory be wholly compatible with the ideals of free software and user freedom.
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