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Taking an intellectually lazy passive-aggressive jab at people who support in free (as in freedom) software falls under the heading "being a jerk".


Isn't it a good thing to spread awareness of what can be a misleading topic? Public arguments help to enlighten people who might be misled by the confusingly overloaded word "freedom".

I appreciate the concept of GPL raising the bar too high for commercial software to compete and it's been a great success in some areas. But that isn't quite the same as freedom. It might be more accurately be called "forced free" software.




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