Thread: Is this what's holding back Linux and OSS in general?
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2008-05-08 , 19:45
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Originally Posted by tso View Post
meh, i just think of free as in beer as being a example of a product provided at no cost. it could be free as anything physical but still not be gnu style free
ok. Still doesn't make any sense. I guess it is one of those things people say that isn't meant to make sense other than to people who know what it is meant to mean anyway. An in joke.

Originally Posted by tso View Post
but i suspect that the beer bit has some kind of geek joke background thats been lost over time...
Indeed. Like a not funny one!