Theft of free software
February 9, 2009
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Open-source software doesn’t mean that it is free. Free software is free as in ‘free speech’, not necessarily as ‘free beer’. However, I am going to write about theft of a free software, not as in ‘free speech’, but free as in ‘free beer‘. So, can free software, that costs nothing, be stolen? In my point of view, yes, it can.
We, humans, like free stuff. We don’t give anything and in return we get something. Pretty good deal. But is it politically or emotionally correct? Not quite, and we know it. That’s why we think of it as a gift. Gifts are nice.
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