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Re:Non-GNU Free C compilers...

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 13, 2004 03:01 AM
"When Stallman says free, he always means as in freedom, not beer."

Free-as-in-fsf software is still free-as-in-beer. In the FSF ivory tower, the GNU Deluxe Distribution costs $5000, but in the real world people download it for free. In essence they are receiving a few donations but pretending they're sales.

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