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mseebach on Feb 24, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Use open source? Then you're a pirate

I think you're misunderstanding, we're talking about free software, as in OSI-approved licenses, not random proprietary software that happens to ship with source code.

OSI-licensed software isn't "usually" anything, it's always completely free, both beer and speech.

notauser on Feb 24, 2010 [–]

GPL/BSD licensed software doesn't have to be free as in beer - you are perfectly welcome to charge for it.

(The challenge is how to keep charging for it since anyone you give it to can also sell it or give it away.)

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