Tag: beer

Open Forum: Free as Speech, Free as Beer

by otaking on Jul.26, 2009, under Open Forum

The title alludes to the two types of ‘free’ that is used in the open source software debate, Gratis (free beer) vs. Libre (free speech).

In the past week or so I’ve been finding myself mixed up in this debate in one way or another. From the brand new trolls on my site thanks to my latest Manifesto (hi trolls!) to a heated plurk debate about AP trying to DRM their news items, everyone has an opinion on this subject.

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