From: r9jmg0@yahoo.com   
      
   Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Marion wrote:   
   >> I never really understood the "free as in free beer" aphorism since what   
   >> matters to me only is that it's legitimately free for me to use it.   
   >   
   > The /original/ saying was 'free as in speech, not free as in beer' and   
   > other words may be used related to 'freedom' such as libre vs gratis.   
   >   
   > One way to elaborate is to say that if someone gives you a free beer,   
   > you are only free to drink it, not change it or copy it or   
   > 'redistribute' it.   
   >   
   > But the Richard Stallman idea of software was that it was 'free' to not   
   > only use, but change/modify, redistribute. So, in that sense RS was   
   > 'anti-proprietary'.   
   >   
   > This also necessitated the concept of 'copyleft' vs copyright.  The   
   > copyleft business is NOT insignificant but holds significant obligations.   
      
   I guess this could be a good reference for the topic:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Free_Software_Definition   
      
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