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The most important part of FLOSS is "F", apparently.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Being able to build it yourself is a must: otherwise you can't make/share changes (and use changes from others).

I lean towards a "pay want you want" models (including 0) as DRM is pointless. But no, I do not believe binaries or code must cost nothing for it to still be free software.

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