Comment on “You heard wrong” - users brutually reject Microsoft's "Copilot for work" in Edge and Windows 11
mika_mika@lemmy.world 6 days agoThere will be mainstream adoption of Open Source Software but you’re dreaming if you think it will remain free. Marketing alone to get the masses to adopt these options will have a cost that people will be paying for.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Free as in “Freedom”. not free as in “Beer”.
Not charging money for your product had NEVER been a requirement in open source. Most people just give out away and get their money from elsewhere because theoretically someone could just download the source code and compile it themselves.
IceFoxX@lemmy.world 3 days ago
But thats OSS. F(ree) / O(open) S(ource) S(oftware)
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
My gut tells me that you’re being satirical. But just in case…
“Free” as in Freedom, not “Free” as in Beer means that you are free to view, use, modify and distribute the underlying source code within the guidelines of whichever Open Source license that software falls under. It in no way implies that it is “Free of Charge/No Cost”
IceFoxX@lemmy.world 3 days ago
en.wikipedia.org/…/Free_and_open-source_software