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Re:Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before by chatman on Saturday September 28, 2013 @08:04PM (#6463560)
Open source's definition is incomplete when it comes to protecting the freedom of users. And, libre doesn't imply "free as in pizza" to me.
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Re:Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before by jlgreco on Saturday September 28, 2013 @09:28PM (#6463737)
> And, libre doesn't imply "free as in pizza" to me.

Probably because it is not suppose to....

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Re:Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before by vezzy-fnord on Saturday September 28, 2013 @10:06PM (#6463818)
That's because open source is not necessarily related to freedom. It's a purely pragmatic issue, though a core property of free software, but by itself it does not guarantee freedom.

Also, free beer > free pizza.

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Re:Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before by dllthomas on Sunday September 29, 2013 @10:04AM (#6465201)
Gratis source once you've been (legitimately) given the binaries is a core property of free software. Gratis in general is a common but incidental property of free software.
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