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Perhaps we should stop calling open-source software "free" due to the stigma that comes with it. It's no longer a selling point, nor should it have been.
by bramgn 1y ago
Perhaps we should stop calling open-source software "free" due to the stigma that comes with it. It's no longer a selling point, nor should it have been.
- arresin 1y agoOpen source is a good enough label.
- qpiox 1y agoOpen does not imply any freedoms. A software source could be openly put in the public but without license, hence you would not be free to use it nor to learn from it.
- fsflover 1y agoIt isn't: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....
- arp242 1y agoThere are about 5.5 billion people on the internet. Firefox's "small" market share of ~5% is still about 250 million users. I'm reasonably sure that a small fraction of those 250 million people are even aware of the concept of "Free Software" or "Open Source", or how it relates to Firefox.