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[–] 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Isn’t it usually the opposite, gratis (because if it’s open source, you could just build it yourself, unless there’s a proprietary build env or hosted env) but not necessarily libre (because of the license?)

So wouldn’t gratis normally be the superset of libre.

Then there’s a set of gratis but not open source… someone should do a venn diagram.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    I could potentially just say it costs money to use this software, but allow you to build it yourself if you don't want to

    It's called Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in case you were wondering

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    RHEL contains non-FOSS components, and so is not FOSS.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Okay, I'd have to think of a more pure example, but you get the idea. Downloads and support not free, but compile it yourself if you want

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Oh, there's plenty of examples on mobile app stores. Since it costs to get your app on it, there's a natural barrier to entry for FOSS - so the people who do put it up sometimes charge for it despite the source being readily available.

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