Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software

Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by danbmil99 on Sunday June 14, 2015 @01:37AM (#9713830)

> This is wrong. Copyleft licenses are concerned with freedom, not price.

I have long been annoyed by this canard. Yes, someone can create a piece of code, slap a GPL license on it, and charge $10,000 a copy. In the real world, that developer will make exactly $10,000, because their first user is free to share the code with the rest of the world at zero cost.

"Free as in free speech and beer, not just free beer." FTFY

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Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by runamok on Sunday June 14, 2015 @01:11PM (#9715590)

Is that true? You could not have a clause that allows people to see source but pay to run it?

I know Chef now has a new revenue model where version 12 is free but if you want various modules enabled like a webui you need to pay.

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Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by cbr on Sunday June 14, 2015 @01:49AM (#9713860)

redhat?

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Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by throwawaykf05 on Sunday June 14, 2015 @09:56AM (#9714889)

Red Hat makes most of their money providing services around their distro, rather than from selling the distro itself. (Source: Friends at RH).

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Re:Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software by anonbanker on Sunday June 14, 2015 @02:54AM (#9713989)

Ardour?

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