Free software isn't freeware: why Linux and FOSS have a higher standard

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 8, 2009 10:26 PM EDT
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Microsoft's recent survey proclaimed nearly half the population believe it is ok to use pirated software for personal use. This diminishes the argument by Linux advocates that you can use their operating system without any cost. Yet, you can't confuse free as in cost with free as in freedom. Here's what FOSS really means.

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