Jul 22, 2021, 17:26 pm
I was thinking the other day when Richard Stallman advocated the selling of software in his organisation's licence.
As ill88eagle has pointed out before, we all come here in for free swag. However, ill88eagle also pointed out that he was for Free Software as in libre, not free as in gratis.
My question to ill88eagle and the open source supporters in this forum is this: do you support the selling of software you didn't help create according to the licence?
Me, I thought that Free software was a reason why the world is becoming a better place, and the factor for this is that it rarely costs a thing.
I don't want to be seen as a cheapskate, but Free software is why I make it a point to reduce as much personal use piracy on my computers as possible. And the main reason is that it's mostly free (gratis). The only things that I do pirate these days are operating systems, DVD authoring tools, AnyDVD, and games. Games can't be helped, the alternative would be to not play them.
I am not a supporter of selling software that can be available for free from the original authors. In fact, I disagree strongly for selling software that you didn't make.
I hope to make my pirating habits immaculate one day, though I wouldn't hold my breath when striving for that day.
What do you guys think?
As ill88eagle has pointed out before, we all come here in for free swag. However, ill88eagle also pointed out that he was for Free Software as in libre, not free as in gratis.
My question to ill88eagle and the open source supporters in this forum is this: do you support the selling of software you didn't help create according to the licence?
Me, I thought that Free software was a reason why the world is becoming a better place, and the factor for this is that it rarely costs a thing.
I don't want to be seen as a cheapskate, but Free software is why I make it a point to reduce as much personal use piracy on my computers as possible. And the main reason is that it's mostly free (gratis). The only things that I do pirate these days are operating systems, DVD authoring tools, AnyDVD, and games. Games can't be helped, the alternative would be to not play them.
I am not a supporter of selling software that can be available for free from the original authors. In fact, I disagree strongly for selling software that you didn't make.
I hope to make my pirating habits immaculate one day, though I wouldn't hold my breath when striving for that day.
What do you guys think?