There is no free software, only software that is paid for by somebody else.

Re:There is no free software, only software that is paid for... by comice on Saturday August 01, 2009 @06:35PM (#736769)

What an ass clown.

So firstly, it's free as in freedom. We don't mean free as in cost.

But secondly, if someone pays for some software to be developed and it solves their problem and then they give it away then it's truly free as in cost too. They paid money equivalent to the value they got from it, everyone else rides for free.

And thirdly: ass clown.

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Re:There is no free software, only software that is paid for... by BrentRitterbeck on Saturday August 01, 2009 @06:37PM (#736775)

I'll refute you by asking a simple question. If you sell software that you originally designed for your own use, does it not have a value?

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Re:There is no free software, only software that is paid for... by billswift on Saturday August 01, 2009 @07:00PM (#736800)

Free NEVER refers to value. Free refers to price. Also, free does not refer to cost - everything has a cost, even if only the opportunity cost of the time used making or acquiring the free software (or anything else free). Actually, the time acquiring and learning to use the software is why I still use MS software for a lot of things that aren't worth my time fiddling with.

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Re:There is no free software, only software that is paid for... by BrentRitterbeck on Saturday August 01, 2009 @07:06PM (#736809)

It's been a long week. Normally, I would have busted someone's chops for the exact thing I did.

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