Open source equals software freedom, not free software
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edthix
Oct 8, 2012, 8:37:47 PM10/8/12
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/open-source-equals-software-freedom-not-free-software-204014
"You'll note "price" isn't mentioned; it's actually OK to ask for money
for open source software, so long as you don't attempt to withhold those
freedoms from people who don't pay. As a consequence, if you're directly
distributing open source software, you need a business model that doesn't
depend on artificially enforced scarcity of the program. To focus on the
price is to remain trapped in the paradigm of proprietary software."
--
Edham Arief Dawillah
edt...@gmail.com
"You'll note "price" isn't mentioned; it's actually OK to ask for money
for open source software, so long as you don't attempt to withhold those
freedoms from people who don't pay. As a consequence, if you're directly
distributing open source software, you need a business model that doesn't
depend on artificially enforced scarcity of the program. To focus on the
price is to remain trapped in the paradigm of proprietary software."
--
Edham Arief Dawillah
edt...@gmail.com
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