• hitwright@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Free in FOSS means as in freedom, not free as in beer. You can demand pay for foss software. You don’t have to distribute it for free. The only requirement is that you provide source code if asked for and the other person can also you can modify it and redistribute it (for a price or free) if he wants.

    I’m quite out of the loop with sync for lemmy, and frankly don’t give a shit. Just please don’t spread disinformatiin on what foss is.

    • rezifon@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You are describing the GPL. FOSS encompasses many licenses in addition to the GPL and those other licenses do not fit your description above.