secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down119
arrow-up1160arrow-down1external-linkI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comsecret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareperegus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·16 hours ago Unlike with free and open-source software, which are also often distributed free of charge, the source code for freeware is typically not made available. It clearly says “typically”, which includes the software that does open source the code.
minus-squareganymede@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down16·edit-214 hours agowhen you feel up to reading the word after “typically” feel free to modify the attitude
minus-squareperegus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·14 hours agoWhat kind of attitude? the source code for freeware is typically not made available Typically it different than never. It means that sometimes the source code is made available and is the case of FOSS.>
minus-squareganymede@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down17·edit-214 hours agoedit: it just occurred to me you may not be a native english speaker, in which case i apologise. “typically not” means it usually doesn’t happen. For anyone who’s wondering (from the GIMP manual) The GIMP is not freeware GIMP er ikkje såkalla “freeware” El GIMP no es freeware GIMP non è freeware GIMP n’est pas un freeware
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 hours agoSorry, none of those are true. -GIMP is freeware. -It’s also open source. -It’s also free to distribute. -It’s free to modify. -It’s even free to sell, as long as you include the source code.
minus-squareganymede@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 minutes ago -GIMP is freeware. did you source that from the GIMP documentation? because it very much appears you didn’t. (please link to the direct quote if i’m wrong). in contrast my quote comes directly from page 4 of their own PDF User Manual which very clearly states: The GIMP is not freeware
It clearly says “typically”, which includes the software that does open source the code.
when you feel up to reading the word after “typically” feel free to modify the attitude
What kind of attitude?
Typically it different than never. It means that sometimes the source code is made available and is the case of FOSS.>
edit: it just occurred to me you may not be a native english speaker, in which case i apologise. “typically not” means it usually doesn’t happen.
For anyone who’s wondering (from the GIMP manual)
Sorry, none of those are true.
-GIMP is freeware.
-It’s also open source.
-It’s also free to distribute.
-It’s free to modify.
-It’s even free to sell, as long as you include the source code.
did you source that from the GIMP documentation? because it very much appears you didn’t. (please link to the direct quote if i’m wrong).
in contrast my quote comes directly from page 4 of their own PDF User Manual which very clearly states: