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Re: Free Art vs Free Software: A Double Standard?
- To: "Diego G. Iastrubni" <iastrubn(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Subject: Re: Free Art vs Free Software: A Double Standard?
- From: "Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo" <frodo(at-nospam)sharat.co.il>
- Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:01:31 +0300 (IDT)
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DGI>> I was talking about software. I mean what the hell I need a
DGI>> source code if I need to buy a MS Windows license and a licese
DGI>> to Developer Studio? It is just too much _no freee_.
Your "free" is "free beer". RMS's "free" is "free speech" or "free
information flow". Free speech doesn't imply free (zero-cost) newspapers
or free cable TV. You still have to pay for them. For "free speech" aspect
the source code is important, since it allows to share and use the
information in much broader extent. For "free beer" source code is much
less important.
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Stanislav Malyshev /\ Stronger than Morgul-spells
phone +972-3-9316425 /\ JRRT LotR.
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