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ThatMightBePaul on April 30, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How I realised “Free Software” is a better term th...

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Free Software sounds cheap or trashy. It requires explanation. "Free as in beer, and Free as ..."

Open Source is a marketing term to avoid that stigma.

jeena on April 30, 2017 [–]

There is quite a difference between Free Software, which has the user rights as its main objective, and Open Source, which has the developers rights as its main objective.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....

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