Why free should not always mean cost-free

Posted by gnotaras on May 14, 2011 8:25 AM EDT
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More and more I realize that there is a misconception about free software. Many people tend to believe that free software actually means software that should not cost any money. They somehow find natural and fair the fact that some people may work voluntarily in order to produce software, which the rest can use to make money without having any legal obligation to contribute either money or effort back upstream.

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Not sure that I agree with this guy on a moral level skelband 2 976 May 16, 2011 11:37 AM

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