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-square59fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down119
arrow-up1192arrow-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-square59fedilink
minus-squareCaptain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days ago“Free” in free software refers to freedoms, not price. “Free” in “freeware” refers to price, not freedom. The two are not at all synonymous although typically most free software is also freeware.
“Free” in free software refers to freedoms, not price.
“Free” in “freeware” refers to price, not freedom.
The two are not at all synonymous although typically most free software is also freeware.