Google and OpenSource apps

[Mark Wieder]

On 11/23/20 10:50 AM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:

> The "free" described in the GPL and other open source licenses isn't 
> about money ("gratis") but freedom ("libre"). This ambiguity with "free" 
> is among the many limitations of our language, but few speak Latin so 
> the license was written in English, with descriptions of how "free" 
> applies. :)

Nadia Eghbal gave and interesting LongNow talk last week on opensource 
software maintenance, explaining along the way Jacob Thornton's 
distinction between

free as in beer
free as in speech
free as in puppy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX0pPg-gyX8

and if you've got a free hour, the whole talk is worth the listen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnI1nz2CBnI

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  Mark Wieder
  ahsoftware at gmail.com