Free, as in Beer

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 7, 2006 11:20 AM EDT
Wired News; By Lawrence Lessig 		Mail this story
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Ever since the birth of the free software movement, its defenders have struggled to explain just what "free software" is. If it is free, how do coders eat? And how do businesses that support the software – IBM, Hewlett-Packard – make any money from it?

[Like I was saying in a thread about MS, what is the really imporant issue?, corporations making money. Even Lessig knows that. - Scott]

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