Just because a piece of software is "GNU"/free (as in speech) does not mean it has to be free (as in beer). If the person charging for something or other is providing a real service then it is perfectly reasonable, legal and encouraged that they charge for their services.
However, it does seem that this is not a case where the person charging for the software is actually providing a service that is better than what is available for free (as in beer) elsewhere.
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Just because a piece of software is "GNU"/free (as in speech) does not mean it has to be free (as in beer). If the person charging for something or other is providing a real service then it is perfectly reasonable, legal and encouraged that they charge for their services.However, it does seem that this is not a case where the person charging for the software is actually providing a service that is better than what is available for free (as in beer) elsewhere.
For example, Gimp.app http://gimp-app.sourceforge.net/ and Gimpshop at http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294 both provide all-in-one packages with all dependencies built-in!
No fuss, no muss!
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Wednesday, February 08 2006 @ 06:41 AM PST