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Dispelling Common Free Software Misconceptions

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Here is a great site (www.getgnulinux.org) as an introduction to Free Software concepts, and this page does a pretty lucid job of clearing up some common misconceptions, including the infamous allusions to the dreaded "C" word.

5. Free software is like communism.
Supporters of this idea argue that there can be no private ownership with free (or […]