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[-] superkret@feddit.org 29 points 1 week ago

The FSF also lists any software as non-free which uses the beer license (use the software in any way you want, and should you ever meet the author, pay them a beer).

[-] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 17 points 1 week ago

I can't stand beer - is there a rum & Coke license?

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 week ago

I thought it was free as in speech not free as in beer? So if it costs a beer then isn't it still free (as in speech)? Or is this a OSI vs FSF difference?

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

According to the FSF, it's only free if you tell people what they can do with it, but only very specific things

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

As someone else commented, it appears that the license isn't free because when you share it the new person now owes the original author a beer if they ever meet them, so the middle person isn't free to do whatever they like because of the ongoing obligation being forced on their users.

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

You're allowed to charge before you give access to the software, but then can't restrict the people you give it to giving it to more people. The beer licence sounds like those people would be on the hook for beer, too.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 week ago

Ah yes that makes sense.

[-] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I was thinking the same thing, does anyone have any context as to why the Beer license is not considered free? If I'm to guess it probably has something to do with copyleft-restrictions (or lack thereof).

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is it really contrarian to like the FSF these days? I mean people seem to hate Stallman too but both are pretty important in the history and continuing existence of free software.

The four essential freedoms are in my view as important as the FSF says, and any license that doesn't meet all four will be met with skepticism from me absolutely.

Also, the GPL is a real, legal license, and even if there's a silly clause that causes it to be incompatible, that's still a legal liability - of course they have to take it seriously.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

There are definitely aspects of FSF that deserve criticism, but I don't think their approved licenses is one of them. Licenses approved by both OSI and FSF are the ones people should be using.

Relevant Open Source SE question about "crayon licenses" for the curious.

[-] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, personally I think the copyleft the GPL grants is really powerful and it's the only license that gets used in my projects. Thanks for that link, those licenses always rubbed me the wrong way.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Same here, unless I'm making something truly trivial. Even half baked POCs I know I won't finish or go anywhere I slap AGPL on.

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