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FOSS is free as in toilet http://unhandledexpression.com/general/2018/11/27/foss-is-free-as-in-toilet.html
Mon 03 Dec 2018 01:42:36 PM CET
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I am a bit dissatisfied with the use of the Tragedy of the commons to represent issues with free and open source software development. It is not an abstract resource that can be depleted when overused. It is not magically maintained if left alone.

It is based on the work of people, and we should not erase those people.

Unfortunately (and it is by design), most of the licences and the vocabulary around it are focused on the software’s user. After all, they work by reducing the creator’s right to empower the user.

As examples of this vocabulary, we have the distinction between “free as in beer” and “free as in speech” to show that the “free” word in “free software” has more to do with freedom and people’s rights to use, study, modify and share a program, than its actual price. Although, in practice, the overwhelming majority of FOSS will not cost you anything.

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GNU Taler: Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Reserves https://taler.net/en/
Sun 02 Dec 2018 10:07:51 PM CET
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GNU Taler is an electronic payment system under development at Inria.

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