Fryboyter@discuss.tchncs.detoTechnology@lemmy.world•Stupid question regarding FOSSEnglish
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1 year agoFOSS is all about giving some things for free, and thats it.
I would disagree with that. Free as in freedom, not as in free beer. The GPL as an example even encourages to charge as much as you want or can for the software.
Possible? Maybe. Meaningful? Not in my opinion.
One principle of free software is that everyone can use it. Also for commercial things. Or for example to control missiles that kill people.
In addition, many companies contribute to the development. Without them, Linux, for example, would not be as developed as it currently is. Whether you like it or not, we need companies. Excluding them would therefore be a mistake.