True but not necessarily "free". Free software is supposed to be free as in freedom not as in free beer. The reason a lot of free software is provided free of charge by the creators of that software is that anyone is free to distribute it. So if they were to try to sell it someone else would just set up a way to distribute it for free (as in beer);~). When the creators of a distro provide a free download they also get more control over who and how their software is downloaded and they get their corporate name distributed and up front in the public eye.
There is no obligation for anyone to provide software for free.
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Re:I still can't download it...
Posted by: WarPengi on April 28, 2005 04:15 AMTrue but not necessarily "free". Free software is supposed to be free as in freedom not as in free beer. The reason a lot of free software is provided free of charge by the creators of that software is that anyone is free to distribute it. So if they were to try to sell it someone else would just set up a way to distribute it for free (as in beer);~). When the creators of a distro provide a free download they also get more control over who and how their software is downloaded and they get their corporate name distributed and up front in the public eye.
There is no obligation for anyone to provide software for free.
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