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Being Free is Hard to Do

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the money-where-your-mouth-is dept.

ValourX writes "What is more important to you -- the four freedoms of Free Software, or the ability to maximize the value of your computer? It's a question that comes up on Slashdot often, but rarely is it so well argued as it is in this NewsForge article. How important are the FSF's four freedoms to you? What are you willing to sacrifice for those freedoms?" NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.

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  1. zero post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    zer0th post!

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  2. w00t m7p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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