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Celebrate Software Freedom Today

Posted by timothy on from the not-like-you-were-actually-busy-today dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It's that time of the year again: when we all unite regardless of the (free) licenses we cherish and go out into the streets to let people know how Free Software has changed our lives. With over 425 events in 80+ countries, communities as diverse as Joomla!, FreeBSD and The OpenDisc, to name just a few, will be celebrating all over the world. Don't wait; grab your best arguments and join the wild masses of freedom lovers to the software freedom parties. Where will you be partying today?"

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  1. Re:How do I make money in a free software world? by mspohr · · Score: 4, Insightful

    IBM, HP and many other companies make billions of dollars supporting free software. It's called customization and maintenance. You should check it out.

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  2. Re:How do I make money in a free software world? by msobkow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You provide services to install, configure, maintain, and customize the OSS core.

    Or you use the OSS components to build custom solutions.

    Except for wildly successful proprietary solutions, the money has always been in the customization. The only difference with OSS is you may have competition because other people also have access to that same OSS core.

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