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Current Newswire: Linux And Martial Arts Humor - Linus Torvalds Vs. Chuck Norris Extending Nautilus, Scripting Your Way To UI Bliss Check Your Mysql Server Performance with MySQLTuner The Growth of the Newest Kubuntu Support Option Linux Game "System of Tomorrow" Ships in Two Weeks Anonymous Proxy Using Squid 3 On CentOS 5.x Install and Configure Cacti Monitoring Tool in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Server SimplyMEPIS: The Best Desktop Linux You Haven't Tried Planning Extensions in TYPO3 How the Linux Kernel Manages Virtual Memory Sr. Developer, Backend Professional Technical Resources US-OR-Portland Post A Job | Post A Resume QubeQuorner: What is free software? Jan 3, 2000, 17 :09 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (4803 reads) (Other stories by Luke Tymowski) [ Thanks to Luke Tymowski for this link. ] "There exists a lot of confusion about the ideals of Linux, open-source, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF)." "They're a bunch of communists" is something I hear quite often. And it's not true." "Free software, as encouraged by the FSF originally, and now with lots of press coverage and attention by Linux and the open-source movement, has nothing to do with monetary value. Free software does not mean giving away software at no cost and forbidding the selling of software." Complete Story Related Stories: osOpinion: Free Software as Free Software (Dec 23, 1999) Proposed French Law Would Mandate Free Software Use By Government (Dec 23, 1999) Computer Weekly (UK): Racal to trial free Linux to avoid £1m MS upgrade (Dec 16, 1999) European working group on libre [free] software: Information Society Opportunities for Europe? (Dec 15, 1999) REVISED: Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software (Nov 28, 1999) BBC News: Free software taking on Microsoft (Nov 20, 1999) Salon: Who controls free software? (Nov 18, 1999) MicroTimes: Freeware Fills Compaq's Alpha WinNT Void (Nov 13, 1999) LinuxWorld: Richard Stallman on freedom and the GNU GPL (Nov 04, 1999) Fight For Software Freedom Far From Over -- Interview with Richard Stallman (Aug 19, 1999) LinuxWorld: An interview with Richard Stallman (Aug 15, 1999) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Misunderstandings    David Johnson Jan 3, 2000, 18:08:51     Just words: communist, free    Carl Marks Jan 3, 2000, 18:14:27     Re: Just words: communist, free    Jim Flynn Jan 4, 2000, 02:40:16     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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