free-as-in-beer distros [LWN.net]

free-as-in-beer distros

Posted Nov 18, 2003 5:14 UTC (Tue) by bajw (guest, #11712)
In reply to: free-as-in-beer distros by coriordan
Parent article: 2003 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards

I love and often download the free-as-in-beer distros; I get broadband access as a perc from my job. I also support the FSF, and the EFF, and the CPSR with the money I save from the broadband and from having to buy ugly proprietary software. I try to be as generous as I can, since I am not a programmer and cannot contribute in that way.
The freedom is the part that matters, not the cost, and I always contribute way more than it would cost to buy some nasty trapware. I always urge others who can afford to to do the same.
Donations to the FSF work in great ways, and are as good a way to "buy software" as there is. I encourage all who can to become associate members, and to donate whatever else they can. It is *very* important.
-BA

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