Richard Stallman: How I do my Computing

Re:Richard Stallman: How I do my Computing by rpicard on Saturday April 07, 2012 @06:04PM (#3812281)

I think you might misunderstand what he means by "free". https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

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Re:Richard Stallman: How I do my Computing by goggles99 on Monday April 09, 2012 @03:55AM (#3816172)

No, not at all:

source: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html "...Roughly, the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software."

What would this do to most startups today?

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Re:Richard Stallman: How I do my Computing by zach95 on Monday April 09, 2012 @09:36AM (#3816871)

You wrote: "Do you think he would consider clicking on adverts free? I don't think so because clicking on them results in a transfer of money somewhere. Unless his definition of free is that he himself did not pay out of his own pocket for it? (someone else pays for it). If this were the case, If someone bought him a copy of windows as a gift would he use it."

I think the previous reply was right to point out you were confusing free as in beer with free as in liberty.

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