Post #3115859
2026-06-05 07:41 UTC
Replies (7)
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@grranibal@lemmy.zip 2026-06-05 08:23
Ohhhhh I didn’t know that, thank you :)
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@Technus@lemmy.zip 2026-06-05 08:31
I never really felt like the distinction mattered much, at least in this space specifically. The thing is, any software under an open-source license is inherently both kinds of “free” because by design it’s as easy as possible to get your hands on the code and build it yourself. Even if the original author is asking a price for it, there’s nothing stopping someone else from distributing it for free. Most FOSS monetization strategies revolve around selling services adjacent to the free software, like premium support or cloud hosting, or proprietary tools or extensions using nonfree licenses.
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@jaybone@lemmy.zip 2026-06-05 09:37
Though if it’s truly freedom, then it should also be free as in price. One is a superset of the other.
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@onlinepersona@programming.dev 2026-06-05 10:23
It’s FLOSS in the image. Free Libre Open Source Software
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@smeg@feddit.uk 2026-06-05 11:15
Isn’t that what the L for Libra means?
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@MehBlah@lemmy.world 2026-06-05 13:45
Free Open Source Software.
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@prettybunnys@piefed.social 2026-06-05 13:59
Free as in beer.