secret300@lemmy.sdf.org to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI don't know why but it pissed me off so much that they called gimp "freeware"www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 year agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareganymede@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agowhen you feel up to reading the word after “typically” feel free to modify the attitude
minus-squareperegus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·edit-21 year 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
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)