[olug] Windows Xserver

Kevin sharpestmarble at gmail.com
Thu Dec 4 20:56:54 UTC 2008


When I first started using Linux, if I had to pay for it, it wasn't
free. That I could view the source of whatever I was using had nothing
to do with it.

It's the other definition of free that he was using, hence the quotes.

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 14:52, Luke Dashjr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 December 2008 10:39:25 pm webtrekker at cox.net wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> Looking for suggestions for a truly free Xserver for M$Windows... My past
>> favorite - Xming - is no longer "free", you have to make a "donation" to
>> download.  I don't mind paying for software, especially software that I
>> find very useful like Xming.  I will probably breakdown and make a
>> "donation",but it just kinda rubs me wrong for a developer to call
>> something "free" only then to charge ya for it. So, really there are two
>> questions here -- a good Xserver for Windows and thoughts on this kind of
>> "free" software.
>
> "Free" has nothing to do with a price tag or lack thereof.
> Generally, the Free Software Foundation has always encouraged charging a fee
> for free software.
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