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March 27, 2013 05:19 pm GMT

Crowdfunding, Micro-Patronage, and the Future of Free Software

geary_mainThe "free" in Free Software refers to "freedom", rather than cost. It is largely a happy coincidence that Free Software is available gratis. Copyleft licensing certainly helps, but there's no overarching reason that Free-as-in-Freedom software need not cost anything. As Free Software has evolved and matured over the years, several major developmental archetypes have emerged.

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