Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 12, 2004 11:28 PM
From the article:
* The right to freely modify (software libre, or "free as in speech")
* The right to freely redistribute, including modifications (software gratis, or "free as in beer")
Explain to me how one has the freedom to redistribute their modifications even though they don't have the freedom to modify it. How does that work? Also, does libre not also include the right to redistribute? I don't think you understand both these terms. Look <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=1992May11.134415.21977%40sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu" title="google.com">here</a google.com> for more info. Libre means that it is free to do whatever you want with it. Gratis means its simply free of charge. Some Gratis software isn't even open source and forbids you modify and redistribute.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 12, 2004 11:28 PM* The right to freely modify (software libre, or "free as in speech")
* The right to freely redistribute, including modifications (software gratis, or "free as in beer")
Explain to me how one has the freedom to redistribute their modifications even though they don't have the freedom to modify it. How does that work? Also, does libre not also include the right to redistribute? I don't think you understand both these terms.
Look <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=1992May11.134415.21977%40sunb10.cs.uiuc.edu" title="google.com">here</a google.com> for more info. Libre means that it is free to do whatever you want with it. Gratis means its simply free of charge. Some Gratis software isn't even open source and forbids you modify and redistribute.
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