Linux uncrackable...?

Gordon Messmer yinyang at eburg.com
Sun Sep 9 18:54:14 UTC 2012


On 09/08/2012 05:19 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> I refuse to install anything that's going to "charge" me for their
> product....(call it a glitch in my mental processes, but if I'm going to
> use "Free Open Source Software" then it should be "free"...no?)

No.  "Free" describes your liberty to use, modify, and share the 
software.  I am quite happy to pay for Free Software, and do so when 
appropriate.  When I don't exchange currency for software, I try to 
provide something else of value in return: bug fixes, improvements, 
support to other users, etc.



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