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Re:European Commission issues call for evidence on open source by brodouevencode on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:27AM (#46555518)
The early mantras of OSS included "free as in speech" and "free as in beer".
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Re:European Commission issues call for evidence on open source by mghackerlady on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:51PM (#46556684)
Those were mantras of the Free Software movement. The open source movement (despite creating a lot of free software) was never about the moral stance of software freedom, but the practical benefits
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