Re:Learning VIM while playing a game
by vog on Wednesday April 25, 2012 @07:00AM
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You are confusing Free Software [1] with Gratis Software. Free Software usually does have a price, although not a price per license. Here's an official statement [2] from the GNU project:
Many people believe [...] that you should not charge money for distributing copies of software, or that you should charge as little as possible — just enough to cover the cost. This is a misunderstanding. Actually, we encourage people who redistribute free software to charge as much as they wish or can.
In other words, it is important to distinguish paid software from proprietary software, otherwise the situation and arguments become confusing, indeed.
Many people believe [...] that you should not charge money for distributing copies of software, or that you should charge as little as possible — just enough to cover the cost. This is a misunderstanding. Actually, we encourage people who redistribute free software to charge as much as they wish or can.
In other words, it is important to distinguish paid software from proprietary software, otherwise the situation and arguments become confusing, indeed.
[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
[2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.html