The GNU GPL: Free as in Will?

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Mon, 03/24/2008 - 13:09

As anyone who has anything to do with [non-Windows] software development knows, GNU’s definition of “free” is “free as in freedom and free as in beer.” But what dictionary did the GPL author(s) use when looking up a definition for “freedom”?


 

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