Re:Why Free Software Is More Important Now Than Ever Before
by NegativeK on Saturday September 28, 2013 @10:58PM
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This is discussed frequently.
The BSD license grants you the freedom to restrict the freedoms of others.
The GPL license restricts your freedom to restrict the freedoms of others.
> It's not right to call GPL software free, it should rather be "no cost and slightly restricted use".
Is there anything that meets this definition of free? The BSD license doesn't grant this; software under it can have unlimited cost and no source code available.
The BSD license grants you the freedom to restrict the freedoms of others.
The GPL license restricts your freedom to restrict the freedoms of others.
> It's not right to call GPL software free, it should rather be "no cost and slightly restricted use".
Is there anything that meets this definition of free? The BSD license doesn't grant this; software under it can have unlimited cost and no source code available.