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   𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙 (sallynull@gleasonator.com)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 21:23:47 JST 𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙𝅙

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   • :meiling-dance: Nishi :NetBSD: :asbestoscafeicon:
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   @SuperSnekFriend @charlie_root @dcc @Nishi >The kernel includes a few minor firmwares which are FREELY PROVIDED by the vendors of that hardware, since those vendors chose to not put those firmware onto ROMS on their cards. Those firmwares are FREE. Please indicate a single vendor who wants MONEY for that firmware. They don't want money.
   >An "accomplished computer scientist" confusing "free" as in free beer and "free" as in freedom
   > I don't have much of a beef in this fight, but come on now!
   
   Can you switch on your brain a moment?
   
   Free software means that the software's users have freedom. (The issue is not about price.) We developed the GNU operating system so that users can have freedom in their computing.
   
   Specifically, free software means users have the four essential freedoms: (0) to run the program, (1) to study and change the program in source code form, (2) to redistribute exact copies, and (3) to distribute modified versions.
   
   Software differs from material objects—such as chairs, sandwiches, and gasoline—in that it can be copied and changed much more easily. These facilities are why software is useful; we believe a program's users should be free to take advantage of them, not solely its developer.
   
   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 21:34:25 JST 翠星石

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     @sallyNULL @charlie_root I'd just like to add a note.
     
     I have no idea how Theo can be such an accomplished computer scientist but lack basic logical thinking ability.
     
     The "firmware" isn't even gratis - you pay for it as a percentage of the cost you paid for the hardware - the manufacturer just doesn't typically bother to double charge the suckers.
     
     Technically you can download a copy of it without having paid for the hardware, but the manufacturer doesn't care that you haven't paid in that case, as you clearly can't run it or get anything useful out it.