The most important part of FLOSS is “F”, apparently.

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    10 hours ago

    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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      6 hours ago

      You can charge for free software, for the binary and/or source code - bandwidth/storage ain’t free.

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        6 hours ago

        Yes. But the source code should also be available at no cost, and you should be able to build it yourself right? So freedom should be a superset of free.

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          42 minutes ago

          Being able to build it yourself is a must: otherwise you can’t make/share changes (and use changes from others).

          I lean towards a “pay want you want” models (including 0) as DRM is pointless. But no, I do not believe binaries or code must cost nothing for it to still be free software.

          4 Essential Freedoms of Software, made by Jeison Yehuda Amihud