secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 3 days agoI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down120
arrow-up1194arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squarelistless@lemmy.cringecollective.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoonly in theory. in reality, only one person would ever buy it then re-release the source code for free-as-in-beer. unless you’re talking about something other than GPL2/3.
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoPeople buy copies of proprietary software and then share them for free.
only in theory. in reality, only one person would ever buy it then re-release the source code for free-as-in-beer. unless you’re talking about something other than GPL2/3.
People buy copies of proprietary software and then share them for free.