• Undearius
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      1 month ago

      And the “free” means “freedom”, it doesn’t mean “no price”

    • @rtxn
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      Free does not mean “no payment, ever”. If the source code and build toolchain are openly and completely available, but prebuilt binaries are paid-only, it still satisfies the “free as in gratis” criterion.

      • Possibly linux
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        Unless the payment method involves proprietary software. Also online payments are service as a software substitute (SaaS)