Sujet : Re: Paying For Linux
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 29. May 2025, 00:42:21
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Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider
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On Wed, 28 May 2025 17:16:51 +0100, MikeS wrote:
"Free" software was originally just that.
It still is. There *is* an official definition of what it means, you know
(the “Four Freedoms”). Which is still in effect.
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https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html>
Linux today mostly involves a distribution. To my mind not many of those
are truly 'free'.
If you don’t like them, make your own. How do you think all of those
existing ones got started?