secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comsecret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoFOSS is always Freeware, but Freeware isn’t always FOSS. Freeware don’t mean other thing that the soft is free to use, nothing more.
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago FOSS is always Freeware “Free software” refers to freedom, not price. It’s possible for free-as-in-freedom software to be sold. “Freeware” is always about price, not freedom.
FOSS is always Freeware, but Freeware isn’t always FOSS. Freeware don’t mean other thing that the soft is free to use, nothing more.
“Free software” refers to freedom, not price. It’s possible for free-as-in-freedom software to be sold.
“Freeware” is always about price, not freedom.