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I contribute nothing but you owe me everything (programming.dev)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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The most important part of FLOSS is "F", apparently.

2 pane meme image of woman yelling at cat. Woman on left pane is screaming while pointing finger with another woman holding her back. Text on top says "entitled users". Right pane shows a cat sitting on a chair at the table with ridiculous expression on its face which is visible just above the table, with a glass, dish, and cutlery on the table. Text above the pane says "FLOSS maintainers"
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[–] 54 points 5 months ago (13 children)

Not to take away from the point but the F in FOSS stands for "Free as in freedom" and not free as in price.

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  • [–] [S] 21 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    It's FLOSS in the image. Free Libre Open Source Software

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    i wonder, why have i never heard "GLOSS (Gratis Libre Open Source Software)" used

    it would make sense

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Though if it’s truly freedom, then it should also be free as in price. One is a superset of the other.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    You can charge for free software, for the binary and/or source code - bandwidth/storage ain't free.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yes. But the source code should also be available at no cost, and you should be able to build it yourself right? So freedom should be a superset of free.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago*

    Being able to build it yourself is a must: otherwise you can't make/share changes (and use changes from others).

    I lean towards a "pay want you want" models (including 0) as DRM is pointless. But no, I do not believe binaries or code must cost nothing for it to still be free software.

    4 Essential Freedoms of Software, made by Jeison Yehuda Amihud

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