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What is free software?

Free software is software that respects the 4 software freedoms. The 4 freedoms are

The freedom to run the run the program
The freedom to study the source code
The freedom to modify the source code
The freedom to distribute modified versions of the source code

Please note: Free software does not relate to monetary price. Free software can be sold or gratis (no cost)

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FreeCAD: Your own 3D parametric modeler (www.freecad.org)

submitted 1 year ago by possiblylinux127 to c/freesoftware

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

You didn't explain how a piece of software that DOESN'T allow me to do my work respect my freedom. It is just wasting people's time and effort, and not respecting anything.

Free =/= good

And if the software isn't at least good, then it is nearly useless.

And the entire "free software" community is at fault for this because it doesn't push developers to actually make good software. It's like soviet Russian cars like the Trabant or Lada. Technically it is a car. Not a good one, but it is a car, so somehow we should be happy with what we got.