secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agoI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down117
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comsecret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 17 hours agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarelka1988linkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down9·17 hours agoFreeware = Free software Technically true.
minus-squarebizdelnick@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·5 hours agoNope. Free beer ≠ free speech.
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down5·16 hours agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
minus-squareperegus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·9 hours agoI’ve read the first part and it’s all “most often”, “may be”, so, technically, FOSS software is under the freeware umbrella.
minus-squaresecret300@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoMakes sense. In my mind when I think freeware tho I think discord, Spotify, free to use apps that have subscriptions and are proprietary. So I don’t like that GIMP is labeled with those
minus-squarelka1988linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down19·14 hours agoYes, but the average person doesn’t give a shit about the technical definition. You know what is meant, don’t be pedantic about it.
minus-squareKilgore Trout@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·8 hours agoI’d hope that Tom’s Hardware is written by someone more knowledgeable than “the average person”. Otherwise it’s as good as dead.
minus-squaremassi1008@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 hours agoI absolutely agree with you but lemmy is not for the average person (and apparently doesn’t want to be) :D
minus-squarecallmemagnus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·9 hours agoDefine average person.
minus-squarelka1988linkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 hours agoGo outside and talk to several random people. That’s the average person.
minus-squarecallmemagnus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·8 hours agoLol. How to explain without explaining 101. Being average does not mean that there is no room to explain stuff…
Freeware = Free software
Technically true.
Nope. Free beer ≠ free speech.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware
I’ve read the first part and it’s all “most often”, “may be”, so, technically, FOSS software is under the freeware umbrella.
Makes sense. In my mind when I think freeware tho I think discord, Spotify, free to use apps that have subscriptions and are proprietary. So I don’t like that GIMP is labeled with those
Yes, but the average person doesn’t give a shit about the technical definition. You know what is meant, don’t be pedantic about it.
I’d hope that Tom’s Hardware is written by someone more knowledgeable than “the average person”.
Otherwise it’s as good as dead.
I absolutely agree with you but lemmy is not for the average person (and apparently doesn’t want to be) :D
Define average person.
Go outside and talk to several random people. That’s the average person.
Lol. How to explain without explaining 101.
Being average does not mean that there is no room to explain stuff…